Rel 207: Midterm for spring 2006
 

The midterm exam will take ca. 30 minutes.

1) 5 terms (25%; definitions and a list of terms will be provided)
2) 3 Synoptic passage analysis (30%)
3) 3 short-answer Qs (45%; you may be given some options to choose)

For review
 

Materials covered from through 6 Mar:
 

Goodacre

highlighted terms on R-drive

Questions you should be ready to answer:

1) What is the Synoptic problem? What are the main solutions to the problem?

2) What does it mean to observe that Mark is the "middle term" among the Synoptics?

3) What is meant by Markan priority? What are the various reasons for this theory?

4) According to Goodacre, what are the six key arguments for the Q hypothesis.

5) According to Goodacre, what are the arguments against the existence of Q.