we have discussed – very generally — what Catholics think about the Bible and what Catholics think about Jesus. For our first four-page essay, you should answer the following question: how does the Catholic view of Jesus influence how Catholics read the Bible? Another way to ask this question is: what difference does Jesus make to the way Catholics understand the relationship between the New Testament and the Old Testament?
Your essay should answer this question with reference to one or two texts that we have read thus far, either from the Bible itself or from the Biblical interpretations we have read. Your essay should have a clear thesis and quote from the text throughout the essay to provide evidence for your point.
-We read:
Acts 8:26-40; Luke 24:13-35
Matthew 1-2; Luke 1-2; John 1:1-5
Interpretation: Herbert McCabe, “The genealogy of Christ” pp. 246-249
Matthew 3-4, 10; John 1:6-51
Interpretation: Thomas Aquinas, Catena Aurea Matthew pp. 111-114
Life of Jesus II
Matthew 5-7:28; John 2-6;
Interpretation: Hans Urs von Balthasar Does Jesus Know Us? Do We Know Him? pp. 73-84
Mark 14-16; Luke 22-24; I Corinthians 15:12-58
