An A- Paper on "Why Was Jesus Executed?"

This paper received an A-. It isn't perfect, but it will give you an idea of the kind of thing I am looking for.

From the start, it is apparent that this is written by a student who is familiar with theories about the New Testament, and understands their significance: the theory of Markan Priority is used to justify treating the synoptics as a single source, so information common to these three Gospels is not multiple attestation. Markan Priority is treated not as a certain fact, but as the most widely accepted hypothesis. In the rest of the paper, we have an extended discussion of the work of Kazen and Horvath. These articles are both recently published in respected, peer-reviewed journals. That means that they are good scholarly sources, worthy of discussion. It is clear however that the student does not simply take for granted that whatever these writers say is true - their work is tested against the primary sources.

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