Quote:You note their stylistic differences.
Come on. We know this stuff has been edited through the centuries. You not only don't know who wrote them, you have no idea who edited them.
When an archaeologist finds a piece of lapis lazuli in an Egyptian tomb he can postulate a trade route from Afghanistan ( the source ) to Egypt but he does not know the names of the various merchants involved in the transport, nor their nationalities, the price paid, or the total quantity of the cargo, etc..
What I would be satisfied with you is if you would drop the word "objective" from your premise. There is nothing objective about parroting back xtian propaganda. Can certain historical facts be determined from reading a book? Yes. Which ones do you suggest for the bible? We already know that it:
a) misstates the Roman practice of crucifixion.
b) invents a non-existent world-wide census.
c) suggests that Herod murdered infants which no other writer knows about...even the ones who despised Herod!
d) claims that Tyre was destroyed and then has "jesus" go there...
etc., etc.
What are these "facts" you are so convinced of?
