In the cases in which historians disagree on the date, we have identified the prominent historians who support the earliest and lastest possible dates. It is generally dated to the 80s of the first century ce, but raymond e brown an introduction to. What was the first book of the new testament to be written. The earliest known complete list of the 27 books of the new testament is found in a letter written by athanasius, a 4thcentury bishop of alexandria, dated to 367 ad. Have you ever thought about which books of the new testament were written first.
It is generally accepted that pauls undisputed epistles romans, 1 corinthians, 2 corinthians, philemon, galatians, philippians and 1 thessalonians were written by about 60 ce. The first epistle of peter, usually referred to simply as first peter and often written 1 peter, is a book of the new testament. The new testament was written by, or its writing was supervised by, the chosen disciples of jesus christ. That is why the gospel of matthew was the first gospel account to be completed and why it is the first book of the new testament. The following chart provides the dates when the new testament books were written. When were the books of the new testament first written. For example, matthew, the first gospel, is actually the 20th book, written between 60 and 69 a. So the first books were written about 20 to 25 years after jesus was executed and. From the chronology in the book of acts as well as from tradition, it is known that the apostles remained in jerusalem from 30 to 42 ad. The gospel of matthew is the first book of the new testament but was the second book to be written.
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