Peter L P Simpson

That the Gospels are the writings of their traditional Apostolic authors was long held to be settled truth. It was also long held that Matthew was first and as early as the 40s AD, followed by Mark and Luke, and lastly by John, and that all were written before about 70 AD. These views have been doubted or denied by New Testament scholars from about the end of the 18th Century. The dominant view is that the Gospels were not written by eyewitnesses,...