Posted by:
heberjgrunt
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Date: December 24, 2014 08:36AM
I've read books that describe the relationship between the synoptic gospels, Q, etc., and how the 4 gospels that made it into the New Testament were originally anonymous. It was tradition or guesses that attached the names Mark, Matthew, Luke and John to them. At least for roughly 100 years or more they circulated as anonymous gospels.
But who really wrote them?
What I'm getting at, is there a good book or essay somewhere that attempts to identify the original authors with some specificity? I know Joseph Atwill tried to tie the Flavian dynasty to them in his book Caesar's Messiah. But I was not persuaded by his parallelomania. Other than Atwill or some fringe source such as Roman Piso who cites no sources, I've never read a good attempt to identify their authors and tie them to some actual living people.
Do some of you learned folk know of some good studies in this regard? Specifically, who in history wrote the gospels? Will we ever know?