(February 1, 2016 at 12:54 pm)athrock Wrote:(January 30, 2016 at 8:23 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Yes, brilliant Jor. Good simple analysis.
It's common knowledge that the letters of Paul predate the Gospels. The earliest Gospel, Mark, has been dated to approximately 70 years after Jesus' death. Did you know that in the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest "complete" New Testament (it actually contains two additional books), the "Gospels" do not include any description of the Resurrection?
Incorrect.
The earliest gospel, Mark, dates to AD 70 (conservatively); you can date it to AD 50 if you work through a bit of reasoning.
70 years after AD 33 would place Mark around AD 103; this is much too late.
Correct. I mis- . . . typed. I was WAY off my game in this post, too - only the Gospel of Mark does not include the Resurrection. But even at AD 50, the letters of Paul predate it. Since Paul was writing during James and Peter's lifetimes. Push past AD 70 and you have lost that window of time. I also claimed that the Codex Sinaiticus was the oldest complete text, but other sources have the Codex Vaticanus as the earliest - - - not by much, and certainly close in the same century, (400's) but older.
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