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To: MarkBsnr; Belteshazzar
We have in recent times, discovered that some of the books were not, in fact, written by the individuals named. Not a deliberate falsification at all. I'd give them kudos for admitting it in the first place - they are doing their best to find our who DID write them.

I'm curious about just who is this "we" that in "recent times" have discovered the misnaming of scripture authors. Who is currently doing research? What is being researched now that was not available when the books first came out? Is there a link?

13,774 posted on 10/20/2010 10:30:48 PM PDT by boatbums (Just one of "THE OTHERS")
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To: boatbums

Start here, and then just follow the links, publications, and names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Seminar


13,784 posted on 10/20/2010 10:54:31 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: boatbums; kosta50
I'm curious about just who is this "we" that in "recent times" have discovered the misnaming of scripture authors. Who is currently doing research? What is being researched now that was not available when the books first came out? Is there a link?

My friend Kosta is more learned in this area than I am. We have the internal claims - Moses claimed to have transcribed the Torah directly for God, and Jews consider it divinely written; the rest of the OT is human commentary according to devout Jews. The NT is rather more interesting.

Luke, Acts, Hebrews, Matthew, Mark, James, and Jude actually have no internal claims as to authorship. Most scholars believe that Luke the Evangelist was actually the author of both Luke and Acts. Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon are believed to definitely be written by Paul. Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, and Titus are questionable. James was almost certainly written after James the Just was martyred by as much as 50 years. Revelation was written by John of Patmos. Was this the same John that wrote the Gospel of John and 1,2, and 3 John? Probably not.

You may wish to investigate yourself; I do not have a good and up to date rigourous site that I can quote. But NT authorship is tricky, as there is no conspicuous signature or identification as there has been developed over the last millennium or so. Google can be your friend on this quest, if you are interested.

14,007 posted on 10/21/2010 5:15:09 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.)
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To: boatbums; MarkBsnr
Is there a link?

Sure, just Google "Gospels anonymous:" and see what you get. Or "authorship of Gospels." Or related words. Be creative. If you really want to study biblical scholarship in greater detail I recommend Prof. Robert Grant, a biblical scholar at the U. of Chicago for the past 44 years.

14,021 posted on 10/21/2010 5:28:31 PM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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