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Non of the gospels were written during his presumed lifetime.
by sorokod 2y ago
Non of the gospels were written during his presumed lifetime.
- eru 2y ago> Non of the gospels were written during his presumed lifetime. More importantly, none of the gospels were created during his presumed lifetime. (For the Christian tradition this seems like a minor difference, but we are exactly talking about oral vs written preservation and transmission here.) Homer's works are an interesting parallel, because they are believed to have been transmitted orally first, before being written down later.
- Salgat 2y agoCorrect, the gospel was originally spread by word of mouth.
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoJust in case you don't realise the Gospel is 'the message of salvation through Jesus' and is not the books in the New Testament called "the gospels". In the Bible when Jesus tells disciples to teach the gospel, the Greek word can be translated 'good news'. A similar reference-instance error occurs with the Bible itself: 'the Word of God' is Jesus, not the Bible, the Bible is a pointer to the Word. Perhaps too much of a digression for this forum.
- sorokod 2y agoAny reason to assume that common folks in the Roman province of Judea were preached to in Greek? As to the actual gospel you may be interested in this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_Jesus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_Jesus