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To: chalu2 who wrote (1456)	9/9/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: DJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

If I recall correctly none of the writers of the new testament knew Jesus or ever heard him speak. However I will check it out and respond more accurately. I have a PFLAG meeting on Sunday and they have a book there that I use for reference. I will get the book and post the title and author so you can read it yourself it you so desire. Erase Hate, Dennis

To: chalu2 who wrote (1456)	9/9/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: MikeH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

If my memory serves me, (I don't have the book I gleaned this out of anymore, but it was fairly unbiased, written by a university historian turned protastant preacher. Read it as part of a comparative religions class in college.) The bible as we would call it was assembled around 300AD. But the various books were put down in writing between 30 and 120 years after Christ's cruxifiction. I'd read various reasons for taking so long to write it down (verbal tradition prior to this), but the most likely were persecution by Romans and Jews alike. It is believed that stories about Christ were passed around during communion. These stories eventually came to be written down in the books. And the books revised and edited over the next couple centuries until the first bible was officially written. It is believed that none of the people who wrote the books of the new testament ever knew Christ directly. But the Jews did have a fairly good oral tradition, and this probably carried over into the early Christians. So, unlike a say Irish story, the stories about Christ didn't get embellished too much over the centuries. I believe the letters were written after the founding of the Christian church (makes sense doesn't it). And this was around 120 AD. This is all by memory, please correct anything that I got wrong.

To: chalu2 who wrote (1456)	9/9/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

Mark, Matthew, and John were Apostles. Luke was a disciple of Paul. It is usually supposed that Mark was written first, and that the other Gospels drew from it to some extent, and elaborated for theological purposes. The latest that anyone mainstream has dated John was towards the time of his martyrdom. The Acts of the Apostles is a continuation of Luke's gospel, and shows not only the situation immediately after the Resurrection and Pentecost, but provides the context in which Paul's ministry arose, and an account of his acceptance among the Apostle's, and his specific ministry to the gentiles, and a partial account of his dispute over "Judaizing".....