Its been a while, but I have returned, with new classes for my semester! So to start off, I wanted to talk about something interesting I learned in one of my New Testament classes. This is something I never knew about Ancient Jerusalem and I find it interesting. The verse I am referencing is Acts 1:1, the very first verse in the New Testament not in any of the four gospels. The scripture is similar in addressing as Luke 1:4, and I find it interesting because it is used to be able to identify the author of Acts as Luke. Before my class where I learned this, I did not know that Luke was the author of Acts, but I also learned more about him. First, I learned that he is the most neutral author of Christ, displaying more of Christ's human side as well as a more complete entry compared to any of the other gospels. Furthermore, Luke was a physician, which was at the time a servant's job (opposite of what it is now for the U.S.A). All of this I found interesting, but what really struck me was that, as I have said, Luke strove to show the human side of Christ while trying to keep a full entry. Unlike the other apostles, Luke tried to make Christ human and relate-able, which in a sense makes him feel more capable to fulfill the atonement because he was half mortal. Luke gave a full representation of both events and sermons, including those such as the Garden of Gethsemane. Ultimately, I felt that Luke being the author of the Acts only makes them more credible in my eyes. Overall, I feel that it better prepares me for my study of the New Testament, which I will be doing this next semester.
Anyway, other than two New Testament classes, I also have another Chemistry class (woo), Physics, and Japanese (wooooooo!). So far I am really like Chem and Japanese, and am even debating a switch from a Molecular Biology major to a Biochemistry major. Japanese is hard, but a lot less confusing than Italian to me. I will hopefully have more blog posts soon. But for now, Sayoonara!
Wooooo!
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