"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witness in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

This speaker argued that one can view Jesus as an analogue for modern-day lynchings of Black Americans.

Genealogy, marriage and agency are three common elements of this critical lens.

This theory possets that the gospel which came first is the one that is the shortest and contains the simplest language. It is boilerplate and puts this gospel before the other Synoptics.

This concept includes dualism, and it is a form of teleology. The original root means unveiling.

"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He was witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him."

This scholar is important in the Syriac Orthodox Church, in part, because of his defense of the church again heresy through the use of hymns.

This theory connects the story of the gospel to modern injustices with a particular emphasis on un-domesticating the image of the cross to help engender empathy. It is a theoretical lens that holds James Cone.

This fundamental aspect of textual criticism refers to what is left out of transcriptions and translations.

These stories were used by Jesus to teach but were often explained to disciples, whether or not they got it.

"And Mary said, 'My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.'"

This famous turncoat, after the siege of Jotapata, was a historian for the Roman Empire and wrote "History of the Jewish Wars."

This concept can be seen from King Herod to Pontius Pilate. It is an unseen element, but it receives special criticism in Matthew and appears in Luke's Prologue. In 70 CE in Jerusalem, you might have cared a lot about this subject.

This movement was popularized initially in the Enlightenment in the 1700s but has been through two subsequent revivals. Its most well-known participants include Albert Schweitzer and Rudolf Bultmann.

This translation from the third century BCE was said to be commissioned by Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The reasons are many, but the end product was a Greek translation of most of the OT and some pseudepigrapha.

"Truly I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny."

This 19th-century figure looked to Paul for an understanding of her spirituality and social location. She was a preacher and remembered for her extensive memoir.

This idea presumes that the reader of any text enters into that pursuit with a series of data-points that might skew one's reading toward a particular viewpoint. Attention to this element can produce a more productive interpretation.

This concept acknowledges the similarity between three of the gospels and attempts to address their commonality.

These are books that were decided to fall outside of canon. Among those books to be questioned in a council was Song of Songs, which made its way into canon despite scrutiny, but Ben Sira, Tobit, Judith and Wisdom of Solomon fall into this category.

"He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace! Be Still!'"

This historian wrote on the creation of canon, connecting its creation to Athanasius. But he might not be the most trustworthy.

This lens allows modern academics to look not just at the written text but how it was written. It involves the examination of rhetoric and storytelling techniques with the ability to use many separate lenses. It is also particularly important to Professor Dinkler.

A measuring rod.

This concept states that prophecies in the OT are seen in the gospel. Not only are they brought up again, but their purpose is to lift up the main characters of the gospel to live out the purpose of those prophecies.