hakeem wrote: There are over a hundred Epistles and all of them contain almost nothing about the life of NT Jesus.
What does the Epistle of James contain about the life of NT Jesus? Nothing.
What does 1 and 2 Peter contain about the life of NT Jesus? Nothing.
What does 1,2and 3 John contain about the life of NT Jesus? Nothing.
What does the Epistle of Jude contain about the life of NT Jesus? Nothing.
It is extremely clear that all Epistles have virtually nothing about the life of Jesus regardless of the time they were written.
GakuseiDon wrote:That's true. Even when they do, it is vague statements like 2 Peter 1:16 "we were eyewitnesses of his majesty".
There are few details about the Risen Jesus, nothing about where he appeared, what he did, etc. In fact, there are few details relating to history about anything.
Thanks. The myth that Pauline Epistles were written early because they have little or nothing about the life of NT Jesus has been blown out the water.
The life of the supposed Jesus are almost exclusively found in writings called Gospels.
hakeem wrote:As expected, the supposed Paul, must have or most likely used the Gospels to write about Jesus but falsely claimed to have gotten revelations from him after he was dead and resurrected.
GakuseiDon wrote:If Paul knew and used the Gospel, why didn't Paul include details about what an earthly Jesus said and did then, in your opinion?
That is like asking me "if Peter, James and John were apostles of Jesus why didn't they write about his life in their Epistles?
In any event, the Pauline writers could not admit they were using written sources of the Gospels when they had already falsely stated that they did not get their Gospel from man but from revelations of Jesus who was raised from the dead.
Galatians 1.11-12
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Incidentally, that is a similar ploy employed by the author of Revelation who claimed he had revelations from Jesus but was really using information found in the books of the prophets like Daniel.
Revelation 17:12
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Daniel 7.24
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
The Pauline writers followed their predecessor of the Apocalypse and falsely claimed they had revelations from Jesus when they were reading directly from an earlier written source.