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Originally Posted by Gaius  ... the differences in dating between the two circles is not very great. Standared scholarly dating of the Gospels generally goes something like Mark in the 70's, Matthew and Luke in the 80's, and John in the 90's. This short timespan for Jesus' personnal biographies is unparalled in the world of ancient literature. For example the two earliest biographies of Alexander the Great were not written until at least a full 40o years after his death. Yet historians do consider them trustworthy. |
This is non sequitur drivel and distortion. Show me where Bruce Metzger or Bart Ehrman calls the Gospels historically accurate biography. And what of the Infancy Gospels, arguably written but 50 years after John. Are they too
'trustworthy'?