Re: Chris, Chris and Chris
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 13:56 |
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Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:
> > The Gospels were written within (about) forty years of Jesus' death
> > (which is a matter of Roman record) by those who saw what happened.
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> Do we have any of their first texts? No. What we have are copies of
> copies of copies of copies of... done by people who weren't present,
Actually, papyri radio-carbon-dated to around 55 AD of the letters of
Paul have been found in Egypt, only 22 years after Christ's crucifiction.
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