00:00As we discussed in our first sessions, there is no static view of the
00:19The person of Jesus. We already mentioned that Jesus himself shared some beliefs
00:26that surrounded him. Some considered him a prophet, others see in him a
00:33Master of wisdom, some see him as a thaumaturge who possesses divine power to
00:40Some see him as a prodigious performer of miracles, while others see him as an itinerant preacher of eschatological bent.
00:48apocalyptic overtones and as a result of his death on the cross he is seen as the servant of Yahweh.
00:56This wealth of viewpoints highlighted by diverse groups will generate diversity
01:03of texts. Thus the different texts, the different pericopes, as well as the longer sections
01:11They highlight some aspect of Jesus' life or teachings. The texts relating to miracles emphasize
01:20His power, sayings, and parables present him as a teacher, and the extensive account of his passion...
01:28It presents him as the righteous one who suffers unjustly. Thus we see that these pre-evangelical traditions
01:36From the outset, they already had their own literary genre and also presupposed specific theologies. In this way
01:47that depending on the emphasis placed on some texts, the reader or the preacher could
01:55to insist on understanding the connection to Jesus as participation in the power of his spirit, as
02:03full acceptance of his teaching and faithful discipleship even unto the cross. This diversity of literary genres and of
02:13Theologies are integrated in a unified and balanced way into the narratives composed by the
02:20different evangelists. We can say that each evangelist, in their own way, has tried
02:27They try to present us with a single Jesus, about whom there are diverse visions and theologies.
02:35their communities come to see not the diversity of theologies or visions about Jesus, but
02:43discover in Jesus the Son of God who far surpasses all the roles that the different groups
02:51can be applied to him. Under the vision of the eschatological prophet, the master of wisdom, the thaumaturge
02:59The powerful one, the suffering servant, is Jesus, the Son of God. In some ways, Jesus himself opposes
03:09These missions, when it is declared that he was greater than Solomon and greater than Jonah, are found in the works of Mark, Matthew, and Luke.
03:18They have great similarities to each other. However, a detailed analysis of each of them, as well as
03:26A close comparison reveals that they are not mere copies of one another. Now, these works
03:36They can be arranged in parallel columns to discover such differences and similarities, which is why
03:45which has been called the Synoptic Gospels. The word comes from the Greek synopsis, which means
03:53with a glance. The fact that there are several gospels already indicates that in the early
04:02In the Christian community, narratives relating to life are frequently reworked.
04:10and the work of Jesus. The early church engaged in a constant task of faithfully updating all that
04:20relating to their Lord. The different texts, as well as the different traditions, influenced each other.
04:29We can see something similar in the works of the Old Testament. As we may recall, the author to whom
04:36We call the chronicler, to whom the two books of chronicles are attributed, plus the books of Ezra and Nehemiah,
04:44He reworked and rewrote almost entirely the story composed and narrated several centuries earlier by the
04:53Deuteronomistic school, to which the books of Joshua, Judges, the two books of Samuel and the two
05:01of Kings, based on the spirit and theology of Deuteronomy. It is possible that something similar has been done
05:11Matthew and Luke carried out in relation to the work attributed to Mark. In their works they include their own
05:19Experiences and their new contributions are offered according to the needs of their respective
05:26communities. The plurality of gospels gave rise to various trends, as sometimes they wanted to preserve
05:34One of them, as happened with Marcion, accepted a mutilated version of the Gospel of Luke.
05:41The other trend was towards forming a single gospel by combining the different
05:50works, just as Tassiano did in the mid-2nd century AD, with his work called Teatesaron, which aims
05:58To offer a unique story through the concordance of the four canonical gospels. The important thing
06:07The plurality of the Gospels is the theological richness they represent. Each evangelist tells us
06:14In his work, he presents the Jesus he sees and the message he retains from Jesus. He does so, therefore, from his own perspective.
06:22perspective, in light of its theological assumptions and according to the needs
06:29of his life.
