by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | The Gospels
Although the synoptic Gospels contain much common material and frequently “have the same view,” the Gospel of John contains much unique information, some 92 percent of its text being exclusive material. This fact, combined with the Gospel’s often...
by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | The Gospels
One document that has recently come to public attention is the Gospel of Judas. This text was discovered near El Minya, Egypt, in the early 1970’s. Like other New Testament documents and the Nag Hammadi codices, this papyrus manuscript survived because of the...
by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | The Gospels, The New Testament
Scholars have long considered the Gospel of John to be one of the latest written texts in the New Testament. The reasons for the conclusion that the Gospel of John was written after the letters of Paul, the Synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), and many of the...
by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | Biblical Historians, The Gospels
The genealogy that opens Matthew’s Gospel begins with the formula, “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1). Beginning with Abraham, it ends with Joseph, “the husband of Mary, of whom was...
by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | Biblical Historians, The Gospels
A supposed letter of Clement of Alexandria (c. A.D. 150-c. 200) refers to a second edition of the Gospel of Mark, a private account, known today as the “Secret Gospel of Mark.” A medieval copy of the letter was purportedly discovered in the Greek Orthodox...
by karenrose | Feb 21, 2008 | Biblical Historians, The Gospels
The Synoptic Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-contain a significant number of similarities in wording and order of events as they relate the life of Jesus Christ. Some of those similarities are rather distant, but other parallels are so significant that it appears that...
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