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[attagirl]

Thanks for posting this. I'd read about 5 yrs. ago that Matt. was now believed to be the first gospel written, but I didn't know that it was based on Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship.

I'll have to remember the name Papias (c. 130), Bishop of Hierapolis who indicates that Matt. was the first to compile a collection of Jesus' sayings in the Aramaic language.

I'd say that's more compelling than having some Johnny come lately from the 20th century saying Q or Madame X wrote a gospel which others were based on long after Jesus ascended.

And, yeah--no media acclamation of this. At least not on the order of finding some box with Jesus' brother's name inscribed on it--or whatever (hoax that it was).