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To: Chris land who wrote (32917)	10/1/2001 11:10:43 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

>>the Gospel of Matthew was written by Levi, ... Later his name was changed to Matthew.<< This is the traditional view, and it still has its adherents. But the majority of scholars no longer accept this. Let me quote the introduction to Matthew in the New American Bible: nccbuscc.org The ancient tradition that the author was the disciple and apostle of Jesus named Matthew (see Mat 10:3) is untenable because the gospel is based, in large part, on the Gospel according to Mark (almost all the verses of that gospel have been utilized in this), and it is hardly likely that a companion of Jesus would have followed so extensively an account that came from one who admittedly never had such an association rather than rely on his own memories.