Scholars then look at the language used in a text to see if a single voice or multiple voices are present. 2.4 Gospel of John and the Johannine questionĭetermining authorship of any historical work generally starts by looking for a claim within the work of who wrote it.2.3 Gospel of Luke/Acts common authorship.Hence, convincing the priestly elite that Paul had written a given letter increased its likelihood of being included in a formal and final Canon as an epistle by (say) the 3 rd century CE.
His letters held (and hold) an authority unlike any other theological writings of the day. In addition, Paul became one of the most fundamental figures (some would argue, more influential than Jesus himself) in what was to become the Christianity of the Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. The anonymously authored Canonical Gospels reflect this attitude. The Gospels, early Christians felt, would more likely be viewed as accurate, authentic, and persuasive if the flock believed that they were written by the disciples of Jesus, eyewitnesses to his ministry. Following the Jewish literary tradition of pseudoepigraphic works, an anonymous writer would "speak" in the name of a historical figure. Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Ĭhristians have traditionally attributed the authorship of the New Testament to legendary figures from early Christianity. “ ”Just like the Old Testament, the "New" one is also a work of crude carpentry, hammered together long after its purported events, and full of improvised attempts to make things come out right.
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