My two cents on the Chronology of (lost and/or survived) gospels
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:26 am
- 1) Jewish-Christian (lost) Acts of the Apostles (addressed against Paul, no mention of an earthly Jesus, centrality of Jerusalem)
- 2) Marcionite version of the Epistle to the Galatians (absence of an earthly Jesus) against the Jewish-Christian Acts of the Apostles
- 3) a proto-Gospel written by Jewish-Christians (first introduction of an earthly Jesus, centrality of Jerusalem). A good candidate is the Cross Gospel (reconstructed by Crossan) with anti-Marcionite intention.
- 4) a flood of lost Gospels from both the fields (GThomas their only survivor?)
- 5) *Ev
- 6) Mark
- 7) Matthew
- 8) proto-John (a Cainite Gospel)
- 9) John (our Fourth Gospel)
- 10) Luke-Acts + Catholicized epistles