Theos-Talk Archives (June 1996 Message tl00686)

In message <9606210030.AA21809@toto.csustan.edu>, Jerry Hejka-Ekins
<jhe@toto.csustan.edu> writes
>HPB's .... biblical Jesus is built from
>traditions and revelations of early Christian communities not
>contemporary to Jesus.  In other words, she would say that the
>books "according to" Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were not
>written by the above named people, nor are they their real
>testimony.

Many modern scholars share this view, but it is by no means unanimous.
Matthew's gospel is said to have been written first in the Hebrew
(Aramaic) tongue, and for a particular school within the growing
religious movement.  I can go on for hours ... how much considered
opinion would you like?

Alan :-)
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