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- From: muttiah@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu (Ranjan S Muttiah)
- Subject: Re: _Jesus: A Life_ by A.N. Wilson
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:00:51 GMT
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- In article <adams.725913927@spssig> adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes:
- >tp0x+@cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Price) writes:
- >Depending on datings, either all, or nearly all, of Paul's letters were
- >written BEFORE the Gospels. The earliest Gospel, Mark, has no post
- >resurection appearences of Jesus in the best early manuscripts. The tomb
- >is empty, and 'a young man in a white robe' told the women that Christ was
- >risen.
- >I'll give the extremes of the dates for the Gospels, without going into the
- >long discussion...basically, earlier dates are 'conservative' scholarship,
- >later ones, 'liberal' scholarship...
- >Gospel/Acts dates:
- > Mark.................50-70AD
- > Matthew..............55-75AD
- > Luke.................59-75AD
- > John.................53-85AD
- > Acts.................63-70AD*
- >* Could be much later than 70, and no earlier than 'Luke'
-
- Interesting. I would be a little hesitant about dates earlier than 68-70AD
- when the Jerusalem Temple was "attacked" by the Roman army, after which
- everyone was feverishly trying to blame one another (i.e., the reason for
- rise of Xtianity). But I would be interested in knowing your source.
-