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To: Brumar89 who wrote (19473)	1/12/2012 2:27:07 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Certainly James, Peter and John may have mentioned Jesus and earlier history. I didn't suggest that they didn't. The point is that Paul seems to have ignored what they said. Also, he had been preaching for three years after the death of Jesus without conferring with any of the other apostles.1 Corinthians 15 may well be an interpolation as it contradicts Paul's other writings. Also, he states that Christ appeared to the twelve, but Judas was dead by then. There is also no mention of Christ appearing to more than five-hundred after he rose. Paul's other writings make it clear that he was not referring to Christ having a physical body. As far as James being Jesus' brother or half-brother it could just as easily refer to brother in a sense other than a genetically related individual. Most serious scholarship (other than Christian apologists) dates Acts later than the 60's, some into the second century. We know errors in copying were made. But we have lots of copies of ancient manuscripts. But you don't have the originals and the copies often disagree. Also, it is well known that later writers such as Eusebius were not above altering copies of the texts if anything disagreed with their literalist views. Also, there was a good measure of debate in the early church over what was to be included the New Testament canon. Some of the other early writings contradicted the writings that eventually formed the NT. We could go back and forth on this forever citing various sources. However, I don't have the inclination to carry it further and will leave the last word to you.