October 25 -- Aspects of the history of Christianity<br>
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1.  The roles of the holy man:<br>
**mediator<br>
**exemplar<br>
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2.  What was distinctive about Jesus:<br>
**his story reduced to text<br>
**his role determinative for other holy men <br>
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3.  Textualization of the narrative:<br>
**epistles<br>
**gospels<br>
**formation of the Christian canon<br>
***   OT made up out of Jewish writings of<br>
***** diverse background<br>
***   NT gradually congeals<br>
****  (Marcion's hostility influential)<br>
***   first lists with certainty:  4th century<br>
***   first bibles:  Greek earlier, Latin later<br>
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4.  Implications of textualization<br>
**the controversy between Arians and orthodox