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New Testament Authorship and Dating

The authorship and dating of the New Testament books, including the letters of Paul and the Gospels, with debates among scholars about traditional attributions and the use of evidence-based judgments.

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What do mainstream historians say about the authorship and dating of the New Testament books?

Mainstream historians and New Testament scholars treat as evidence-based, qualified judgments: a handful of letters (most of the undisputed ine corpus) are widely dated to the and linked to Paul’s cir...