Dupont, Bible de Jerusalem, 1973, p | 61—64; [] Bo Reicke, Glaube und Leben Der Urgenmeinde 1957 , pp |
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Hebrews does not claim to be written by Paul it is anonymous , and the John who wrote Revelation does not claim to be the son of Zebedee it is therefore homonymous | Modern scholars, as we will see, concur with these judgments |
Our Greek Gospel of Matthew was certainly in existence at the time Papias wrote, for it is quoted in the epistle of Barnabas.
8Blaiklock, The Acts of the Apostles, in Tyndale New Testament Commentary 1959 ; [] W | The History and Theology of the New Testament Writings |
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Most scholars today have abandoned these identifications, and recognize that the books were written by otherwise unknown but relatively well-educated Greek-speaking and writing Christians during the second half of the first century.
25The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament | Knox, Sources of the Synoptic Gospels; [] R |
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These do not claim to be written by eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus, and historians have long recognized that they were produced by second- or third-generation Christians living in different countries than Jesus and Judas did, speaking a different language Greek instead of Aramaic , experiencing different situations, and addressing different audiences | 2000 The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to Early Christian Writings |
Dibelius, Studies in the Acts of the Apostles 1956 ; [] R.
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