RE: Help! Joseph of Arimathea.
May 19, 2012 at 12:49 am
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2012 at 12:50 am by Minimalist.)
I'll help him out...since he clearly does not understand the question, Phil...although he won't like the answer.
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scrip...ripts.html
Nothing on any of the so called "gospels" prior to the 3d century and all of these with a P# are fragments. Irenaeus, writing c 185 is the first to assign the names of the so-called "gospels" and the Roman writer Celsus makes vague references to them, but not by name, 10 years before that.
Of course, we have no idea what any of these things actually said since we have nothing but the fragments and heavily edited and error-prone copies which came down to us from later times.
Xtians hate to hear that, of course.
The actual web site maintains the proper spacing on the time line which this board apparently cannot do.
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scrip...ripts.html
Quote:ca. A.D. 200 250 300 350 450
Matthew P45 B Sin.
Mark P45 B Sin. A
Luke P4,P45,P75 B Sin. A
John P66 P45,P75 B Sin. A
Acts P45 B Sin. A
Romans-Hebrews P46 B Sin. A
James-Jude P72,B Sin. A
Apocalypse P47 Sin. A
Nothing on any of the so called "gospels" prior to the 3d century and all of these with a P# are fragments. Irenaeus, writing c 185 is the first to assign the names of the so-called "gospels" and the Roman writer Celsus makes vague references to them, but not by name, 10 years before that.
Of course, we have no idea what any of these things actually said since we have nothing but the fragments and heavily edited and error-prone copies which came down to us from later times.
Xtians hate to hear that, of course.
The actual web site maintains the proper spacing on the time line which this board apparently cannot do.
