Discuss the following in an essay format of at least 1,000 words and using at least three scholarly sources:

What are some of the major differences between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels?
How does John’s use of the Greek term logos connect Jesus with the creation account of Genesis 1 as well as the Greek principle of cosmic Reason?
Why did the writer of the Gospel of John compile a “Book of Signs”? Briefly describe one of those signs and its meaning.
Identify the leaders of the Jerusalem church and the missionaries who first helped carry “the new way” into the larger world beyond the Jewish capital.
Describe the Pentecost event in Acts 2. What result did this have in the spread of the Christian message?
Briefly describe Paul’s transformation from a zealous Pharisee to Christianity’s first great missionary. How does the account of his conversion in Acts ch. 9 differ from his own accounts in Gal. 1:15 and I Cor. 9:1 and 15:8-9?
How many authentic letters of Paul are there?