e:" The first written accounts are Paul's letters written only 20-30 years later. "
That would have been during Jesus lifetime, wouldn't it?
No, 20-30 years after his death and resurrection.
But,...
" If Paul really wrote them, they were written by a man who lived in Jerusalem when Christ is supposed to have been teaching there. Now, if the facts of the life of Christ were known in the first century of Christianity, Paul was one of the men who should have known them fully. Yet Paul acknowledges that he never saw Jesus; and his Epistles prove that he knew nothing about his life, his works, or his teachings.
This is false. Paul says he never met Jesus during his life, but he also describes having contact with numerous Christians who did, including Jesus's disciples and family members. His epistles don't "prove that he knew nothing about his life, his works, or his teachings." One of the Gospel writers, Luke, was a close associate of Paul and is mentioned in Colossians.
In all the Epistles of Paul, there is not one word about Christ's virgin birth. The apostle is absolutely ignorant of the marvellous manner in which Jesus is said to have come into the world. "
Paul's not mentioning Jesus birth is irrelevant. As assumption that failure to mention something means he knew nothing of it is nonsense, particularly given that the virgin birth was known to Luke, who was an associate of his.
"A large portion of the Gospels is devoted to accounts of the miracles Christ is said to have wrought. But you will look in vain through the thirteen Epistles of Paul for the slightest hint that Christ ever performed any miracles.
The comments about Paul's not mentioning the virgin birth applies here too.
Is it conceivable that Paul was acquainted with the miracles of Christ -- that he knew that Christ had cleansed the leprous, cast out devils that could talk, restored sight to the blind and speech to the dumb, and even raised the dead -- is it conceivable that Paul was aware of these wonderful things and yet failed to write a single line about them? "
Yes. Paul didn't write an account of Jesus life. |
