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In reply to the discussion: For anyone who actually read the Bible.... [View all]LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)For one thing it's clear that some of them (Matthew, Luke) are derived from others (Mark) and John was clearly written last because it references the other written accounts. Nobody in the field thinks Mark was written before 65 CE, and all of the derivative books are decades after that. Nobody thinks John was written until 100 CE or so. As a result you can't even make a case that most of the gospels were written by anybody who ever met a historical Jesus, because the math alone stretches credibility, the very earliest date for the earliest account would have been written by a senior citizen if it was written by the biblical figure Mark, which absolutely nobody credible believes. Writing from the perspective of prominent figures was a common practice at the time.