![]() The gospel itself never reveals the author’s name. In “Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke?” Mikeal Parsons investigates this seemingly obvious question. Holmes examines the various versions to rethink our understanding of the gospel. In “To Be Continued … The Many Endings of the Gospel of Mark,” Michael W. The difference is critical-to Bible scholars trying to determine which ending is the earliest, to biographers mapping the course of Jesus’ life, to historians trying to trace how it came to be recorded, to theologians contemplating Jesus’ resurrection, and to curious readers who simply want to know how the story ends. In the longest, Jesus reappears three times before he rises to heaven. The shortest version ends with the empty tomb Jesus is never seen again. How did Mark end his gospel? It’s difficult to tell from the nine versions of his last chapter that we have today. To Be Continued … The Many Endings of the Gospel of Mark Were the canonical Gospels originally written in Greek? In “Was the Gospel of Matthew Originally Written in Hebrew,” Biblical scholar George Howard presents formidable evidence that at least one of the Gospels, and perhaps more, may originally have been written in Hebrew! Learn what Howard discovered in a little-known 14th century manuscript preserving the type of Hebrew written in the first century. By contrast, what Christians call the Old Testament-the Hebrew Bible-was written in Hebrew, with a few short sections in a sister language called Aramaic. The Gospels we use today-in English or in other languages-are translations from old Greek manuscripts. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John-the four canonical Gospels-have come down to us only in Greek. Was The Gospel of Matthew Originally Written In Hebrew? Explore the earliest-known versions and authors of the canonical Gospels in this BAS Library Special Collection. Biblical Archaeology Society editors have hand-selected articles from the BAS Library that cast each of the canonical Gospels in a new light. The four canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John narrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. If you'd like to help make it possible for us to continue Bible History Daily,, and our email newsletter please donate. This costs substantial money and resources, but we don't charge a cent to you to cover any of those expenses. Our website, blog and email newsletter are a crucial part of Biblical Archaeology Society's nonprofit educational mission Stay tuned for future topics, introduced each Friday. Our next collection is, “ The Canonical Gospels.“ It will be available, free to all, until Monday, May 4, 2020. This allows us to draw on the wealth of material we have produced since 1974, utilizing some of the 9,000+ articles that are available to Digital and All Access subscribers in the BAS Library. Our feature called “Library Explorer,” enables you to dig deeper into a select topic of Bible history and archaeology each week.
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