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The Gospels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-source_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-source_hypothesis This all would have happened before the v
by betterunix2 8y ago
The Gospels:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-source_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-source_hypothesis
This all would have happened before the various councils decided what would be considered canonical, and the councils themselves probably had no idea that it had happened.
As for the dead sea scrolls, all it shows is that the final forms of the books in the Hebrew bible and related extrabiblical works existed prior to the canonization. It is pretty clear that the Hebrew bible was edited in prior centuries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah#Authorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah#Authorship
etc.