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The Atonement

1. Definition

   1. Compensation

      1. for a wrong

         1. What type of wrong?

         2. What was the wrong?

         3. Who did the wrong?

            1. Why did they do the wrong?

      2. What type of compensation?

         1. Money

         2. Work

         3. Goods

         4. Life

         5. incarceration

2. Evidence types

   1. Remains

   2. Direct

      1. Witness

   3. Circumstantial

      1. Corroborating

      2. Forensic

         1. Expert Witness

      3. Artifacts

         1. Scripture

            1. Who wrote?

               1. Tanakh

                  1. Proof Texts?

                     1. Jews say not proof prophecy

                     2. Christians Claim proof prophesy

               2. New Testament

                  1. No first person accounts

                     1. Jesus

                        1. was

                           1. crucified

                              1. some survived short crucifixions

                                 1. Josephus describes his friends.

                              2. Crucifixion was common

                              3. Why?

                                 1. Atonement for human sin

                                    1. How?

                                 2. He was perceived as a threat

                                    1. By who?

                                       1. Jews

                                       2. Romans

                              4. Who authorized?

                                 1. Pilate

                           2. The Messiah

                              1. Who Says?

                              2. Criteria for the messiah

                           3. 10bce - 40ce

                           4. A Jew

                              1. a Rabbi?

                              2. A Layman?

                              3. A Priest?

            2. Suggestion that idea prexisted Pauls description

               1. Mark

1. References

   1. Problem Solving Guide

2. Map Legend

   1. Blue = Fact

   2. Orange = Opinion, Hypothesis, Inference, Majority Consensus

   3. Red = Guess, Hypothesis, minority consensus

3. Revision 2010.02.10