The Bible was written and complied at least 70 years after Jesus died...?

Question

If you were born in 1900, your life expectancy was 47 years, born in 2000, your life expectancy is 70 years. If you were born in the year 1 let's say your life expectancy was 33 years... So the Bible was written as fact by people that were not born, and maybe their parents were not born when the "Jesus" story was happening... Can you tell a story, with such specific details, of events that may have happened to someone that your great grandparent may have heard of?

Answer 1

You are making conclusions based on false premises. People in the first and second centuries did live to be quite old and it is recorded that many of the apostles and their disciples lived to be old.

In Christ

Answer 2

THe dates for the Gospels are scattered with some Scholars claiming Marks writings to be one of the oldest and supposedly the manuscript of this is dated right around the mid '70's AD. (Which is odd, supposedly all of these Apostles were hunted down before and after the fall of the Temple... I'm not sure how they could write the New Test after being killed.....) The oldest of Paul's writings I believe they have dated around 90 AD (if he died in 64 AD, then he did NOT write that)

Oral Tradition was NOT a part of common society during that time. Oral Tradition was mainly used by tribal people and the poor. Rome was hardly a poor nation and most of it's people were literate at that time. It's not until the Dark Ages and the take-over by the Roman Catholic Church that you see the decline in education of the common people. Supposedly there were many copies of the New Test (NOT compiled, mind you, but copies of the different Gospels) floating around, some of which show that there are several things added to our modern versions of the Gospels - such as the Resurrection in Mark... it isn't in any of the oldest manuscripts. It was all compiled a couple of centuries later though (with the exception of Revelation which was not included till around 400 AD)

Stories like this are all over! King Arthur, Robin Hood... there are plenty of details in these stories and even though some are different in some ways, they still convey the original message within the stories. Urban Legends abound to this day... many with a small base of truth in them, but embellished with "details" to make them sound really cool.

You should read some of the other stories about Jesus.... like during his childhood. *wink* I'm not sure why people claim only the Bible is correct in its stories while there are plenty of other writings about Jesus and his followers that are not included but still have the same basic message. And considering that the New Testament was Voted on (what would be considered "Scripture" and what wouldn't)... I find it hard to believe any of it was "inspired".

Answer 3

you receives numerous arguments with connection with the circumstances, yet in optimal circumstances, the letters of Paul had to have come first, everywhere from 40 six-sixty 4 ad. some ought to were written later and not in any respect via Paul. Mark's Gospel grew to change into possibly written round sixty 5 or so, Matthew and Luke possibly 70, after the destruction of the Temple, and John's, with its staggering advanced theology, possibly round ninety. The letters of Peter cope with some sophisticated church topics and ought to were as late as one hundred twenty 5. Dates for Revelation style from one hundred - 280. the added pious the critic, the speedier the dates are.

Answer 4

More like thirty years after he died. If he was born at the beginning of A.D, then he was most likely thirty when He died, and the fall of Jeruselam happened at 70 A.D. That was a major event for the Jews, and yet the Bible mentions nothing about it. Plus Paul died around 64 A.D so I would say that it was more like only thirty years.

What one also has to take into consideration, is that at that time people were trained to listen and remember better so that they could hear things and remember them...

Answer 5

When was the Bible written?

From a time period spanning the 1400's B.C., to the 90's A.D. However, it is thought by many scholars that Job was the earliest book of the Bible and that it was written before the book of Genesis. That would place it before the 1400's B.C.

Answer 6

Well, I guess for you it must be a test of veracity.

E.g at the start of Luke it says
"Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who were eye-witnesses and servants of the Word. Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."

This same Luke wrote Acts, and identifies himself as Paul's companion at some stages of Paul's ministry. So he was active at the same time as Paul. Paul also met Peter and other key apostles we know from Galatians and Acts. So its very likely Luke could actually check out many of the recorded events with actual witnesses, many of whom would still be alive.

In the Church, we have received the Holy Spirit, and God specifically gave this to fulfil Old Testament prophecy and Jesus' promise. He wouldn't let us have the faulty Bible you suggest. But you'd have to receive God to know that, since otherwise all you see is humans, and attribute to them the vanities and error you see in many other humans. When God is involved things are different.

Answer 7

Fact the Bible was organized many years almost 250 after Jesus died, however, the Old Testament was written many years before Jesus, and the Gospels (life of Jesus) are expected to have been written 20 to 50 years after his death.

Answer 8

Wow! Are you ever mixed up!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moses started with scrolls, and God raised up 43 more writers over the next centuries.
The scrolls were gathered into significant assemblies by copyists for many years and finally appeared as a book in Germany as part of Gutenberg's original printing press challenges.

Answer 9

You are wrong about this,the first Gospel(Mark) was written approximately 30yrs after the Ascension of Christ into Heaven, as for oral tradition the Jews were masters of this form of keeping the truth as preserved as it could possibly be, and the Apostles and early Jewish converts had this inbred ability also.

Answer 10

The earliest Gospel, the book of Mark was recorded around 68a.d. so this was definitely not 70 years after His death! All of the Gospel writers lived during the time of Jesus so they were DIRECT EYEWITNESSES! Where are you getting your information????