(December 24, 2013 at 6:40 pm)savedwheat Wrote: No. It was written right after the events, but the earliest still surviving papyri are from the late 1st and 2nd centuries which is unprecedented.
Um, aside from what Tonus has already said, it appears you're glossing over the Old Testament. Say, when are the earliest copies from, and when is it claimed the events occurred?