The earliest gospel is purported to be that of Mark and it has been dated to approximately 60 to about 70 AD.about 35 to 40 years after the alleged death of Jesus Christ.The epistles are irrelevant in this discussion because they are not meant to be a biography of the earthly life of Jesus.In fact,the synoptic gospels namely;Matthew,Mark,Luke are the only three gospels that are supposed to be true representatives of the life of Jesus.John on the other hand focuses more on the spiritual aspects of Jesus and not so much on his earthly existence.
The Q document on the other hand is an hypothetical document which is believed to be the source document from which Mark and other gospel writers later obtained material to write their respective narratives.Another important point to bring up regarding the gospels is that there are no original copies that have survived to this day.Everything we have are from oral traditions and copies of copies of copies.Thus in my opinion this devalues the worth of those gospels.
Not to mention the difficulties facing the translators of the gospels in translating from Koine Greek to Latin,English etc. etc.Not only are the text themselves subject to being lost in translation but they are also subject to human errors and a particular scribes religious preconceptions and political motivations.
The Q document on the other hand is an hypothetical document which is believed to be the source document from which Mark and other gospel writers later obtained material to write their respective narratives.Another important point to bring up regarding the gospels is that there are no original copies that have survived to this day.Everything we have are from oral traditions and copies of copies of copies.Thus in my opinion this devalues the worth of those gospels.
Not to mention the difficulties facing the translators of the gospels in translating from Koine Greek to Latin,English etc. etc.Not only are the text themselves subject to being lost in translation but they are also subject to human errors and a particular scribes religious preconceptions and political motivations.
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