Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Also, aren't all extant sources from around 100 years after the death of Jesus? The authors of the synoptic gospels and John (the different one) were a generation or two separated from the events they were documenting. Until then, information in the community (which appeared to be expecting eschatological return within their lifetimes) appears to have been transmitted by word of mouth - you know how well the telephone game works or how things are easily exaggerated when one is trying to convince someone else of something.
|
And in the case of the gospels, written in a different language than Jesus or his followers spoke. The authors of the gospels were educated enough in Greek to be able to write a coherent narrative.
And Paul never claims to have known Jesus and gets all his doctrine through revelation, even distancing himself from the disciples (well in one case distances himself, in another case says he spoke with them).