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When Were Our Gospels Written?

When Were Our Gospels Written?

Constantin von Tischendorf (1815–1874) was a German biblical scholar who devoted his life to recovering the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament. He deciphered the Codex Ephraemi palimpsest in Paris and, at St Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, found the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest complete New Testament known. Our library holds his popular defence of the Gospels' early date, When Were Our Gospels Written?, and his work on the origin of the four Gospels.

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First published
1866
Category
Theology
Length
24k words · about 2 hours
Chapters
7

About this book

A defense of the early dates and trustworthiness of the four Gospels by Constantin von Tischendorf, the great manuscript scholar who recovered Codex Sinaiticus. Published in English in 1866, the book marshals the evidence of ancient manuscripts and early writers. A compact apologetic from the foremost textual scholar of his generation.

Contents

  1. Translator's Preface.
  2. The Discovery of the Sinaitic Manuscript. 🔒
  3. Chapter I. Ecclesiastical Testimony. 🔒
  4. Chapter II. The Testimony of Heretics and Heathen During the Second Century. 🔒
  5. Chapter III. Apocryphal Literature. 🔒
  6. Chapter IV. Testimony of Apostolic Fathers. Barnabas—Papias. 🔒
  7. Chapter V. Manuscripts and Versions of the Second Century. 🔒

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