there's no evidence for That. the whole idea that the date of MS is the actual date of he writing is not taken seriously by any scholar. The automatically add 20 years to a MS just on the assumption of travel time and copy time. No one takes the second centruy dates seriously now. The trend is earlier dates.MrMacSon wrote:I think that is highly likely; & over several generations - cumulative elaborationsMetacrock wrote: ... The community was the author. scholars no longer thin of individual authors of Gospels.
unfortuantley the guy who complied this list is no longer with a website.I have no URL. I did have a link. He complied an increidlbe list of schoalrs and their dating of the Gospels. hte only one I copied was the Matthew list. there are lists for each of he four canonical Gospels showing equal ealry dates. they were all as long as this one:
BOOK
EARLY LATE AVERAGE
Matthew Peter Ainsile, D.D. A.D. 48 to 69
48 69 58.5
Matthew The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Post 70 AD
70 70 70.0
Matthew An Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson Ph.D. & Douglas J. Moo, Ph.D. shortly prior 70 A.D.
69 69 69.0
Matthew Apologetics Study Bible, A.D. 60's is not unreasonable
60 69 64.5
Matthew Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, A.D. 60's1
60 69 64.5
Matthew Believer's Study Bible, W.A.Criswell, Ph.D., Editor, prior 70 A.D.
69 69 69.0
Matthew Biblical Illustrator, N.T. Archbishop Thomson A.D. 58 to 60
58 60 59.0
Matthew Craig L. Blomberg, Ph..D. A.D. 58to 65
58 65 61.5
Matthew Blue Letter Bible, AD 55 to 60
55 60 57.5
Matthew Raymond Brown, Ph.D. AD 80 to 90, give or take a decade
80 90 85.0
Matthew F.F. Bruce, Ph.D. shortly after 70 AD
71 71 71.0
Matthew D.A. Carson, R.T. France, and G.J. Wenham, eds. New Bible Commentary: 21 Century Edition, 80 CE
80 80 80.0
Matthew Larry Chouinard, Ph.D. Likely after AD 70
71 71 71.0
Matthew W.D. Davies, D.D. AD 80 to 100
80 100 90.0
Matthew M. G. Easton M. A., D. D. Probably between AD 60 or 65
60 65 62.5
Matthew James M. Efird, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80 ,Davies Professor of New Testament and Biblical Greek at Duke University
70 80 75.0
Matthew English Standard Version Bible AD 50s or 60s
50 60 55.0
Matthew David A. Fiensy, Ph.D. AD 50 to 55, yet 40 to 60 is possible.
40 60 50.0
Matthew Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Ph.D. AD 75 to 80 Professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America, Past President of the Society of Biblical Literature Chair of the Synoptic Studies Division of SBL. Author of the 2 Volume Commentary on Luke in the Anchor Bible Series. A well-known and leading Critical Scholar in New Testament Origins
75 80 77.5
Matthew Norman L. Geisler, Ph.D. AD 50 to 55 Author of over 60 books and hundreds of articles. Founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary. In 2009 he co-founded Veritas Evangelical Seminary. 50 55 52.5
Matthew Robert H. Gundry, Ph.D. A.D. 65 to 70
65 70 67.5
Matthew Donald Guthrie, Ph.D. New Testament Introduction prior to AD 63, yet 50 to 64 is reasonable. President, formerly Vice-Principal and Lecturer in New Testament, The London Bible College
50 64 57.0
Matthew Gary R. Habermas, Ph.D. A.D. 60
60 60 60.0
Matthew Donald A. Hagner, Ph.D. pre AD 70
69 69 69.0
Matthew William Hendriksen, Ph.D. AD 63-66
63 66 64.5
Matthew A.E. Hill, Ph.D. AD 70 to 85 Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, author Guide to Bible Data
70 85 77.5
Matthew Nelsen'sStudy Bible H.Wayne House, Th.D. J.D. Editor, A.D. 50 to 60
50 60 55.0
Matthew R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and D. Brown, eds. AD 37 to 60, Commentary Critical and Explanatory of the Whole Bible (JFB)
37 60 48.5
Matthew Howard Clark Kee, Ph.D. AD 75 to 85 Professor of New Testament at Drew University
75 85 80.0
Matthew Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. AD 70's , although this date is not certain.
70 80 75.0
Matthew Werner Georg Kummel, Ph.D. AD 80 to 100 Late Professor of New Testament at Marburg, Germany
80 100 90.0
Matthew John MacArthur, Ph.D .A.D. 50 to 70
50 70 60.0
Matthew G. Maier, Ph.D. pre AD 70
69 69 69.0
Matthew K.E. Malberg, AD 49 to 51 Bible Overview Chart
49 51 50.0
Matthew Bruce Metzger, Ph.D AD 75 to 85 Professor of New Testament at Princeton University, Chair of the Editorial Board for the UBS and Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament. Senior Editor for the New Testament of the NRSV Translation Team. (Considered THE Dean of Textual-Critical studies today [since Aland's death])
75 85 80.0
Matthew J.P.Moreland, Ph.D. A.D. mid 40's to mid 50's
45 55 50.0
Matthew Leon Morris, Ph.D. perhaps the late 50s or early 60s.
58 62 60.0
Matthew S.L. Peterson, AD 75 Timeline Charts of the Western Church
75 75 75.0
Matthew John Nolland, Ph.D. Matthew is to be dated before the beginnings of the buildup to the Jewish war. Buildup started AD 66
65 65 65.0
Matthew The Pulpit Commentary, A.D. 60 to 75
60 75 67.5
Matthew B. Reicke, Ph.D. pre A.D. 70
69 69 69.0
Matthew J.A.T. Robinson, Ph.D. AD 40 to 60
40 60 50.0
Matthew T. Robinson, AD 85 The Bible Timeline
85 85 85.0
Matthew Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D., Ryrie Study Bible AD 50s or 60s
60 60 60.0
Matthew Edward P. Sanders, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80 Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Duke University (Neither Mark, Matthew, or Luke show ANY sign of knowing of ANY of the events following 90 AD, hence they were written before 90.)
70 80 75.0
Matthew William Smith, Ph.D. Smith's Bible Dictionary. A.D. 60 to 66
60 66 63.0
Matthew H.D.M. Spenes, D.D. A.D. 60 to 75
60 75 67.5
Matthew Carsten Peter Thiede, Ph.D. Prior to the mid 60s Director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research in Paderborn, Germany
60 63 61.5
Matthew Edward J. Tinsley, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80 Retired Professor of Greek and New Testament, Cambridge University
63 63 63.0
Matthew David L. Turner, Ph.D. prior to A.D. 70
69 69 69.0
Matthew Joseph B. Tyson, Ph.D. AD 80 Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Southern Methodist University (Dr. Tyson is one of THE leading scholars in Luke-Acts, and is Chair of the Luke-Acts Division of the Society of Biblical Literature)
80 80 80.0
Matthew Merrill F. Unger, Ph.D., Th.D., Aramaic A.D.40 to 45, Greek A.D. 50
40 45 42.5
Matthew Robert Utley, D.Min. Possibly A.D. 60 or at least before A.D. 70, Retired Professor of Hermeneutics
60 69 64.5
Matthew J. Wenham, Ph.D. AD 40
40 40 40.0
Matthew Edwin Yamauchi, Ph.D. shortly after A.D. 70
71 71 71.0
Matthew David Young, Ph.D. 70's
70 79 74.5
Matthew Franklin W. Young, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80 Professor of New Testament at The Episcopal Theological Seminary
70 80 75.0
Matthew J. Walvoord and R. Zuck AD 50 to c50 The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures
50 50 50.0
Matthew Rev. A. Lukyn Williams, M.A. A.D. 60 to 75
60 75 67.5
Date 8/30/2010