This is my first published book and I have to admit to feeling more than a little giddy with excitement. I’ve been quite distracted over the last couple weeks, as the typesetting was finished, then the cover design, and now the book is available through Christianbook, Amazon, Barnes and Noble,…
In my search for historical authors who have speculated concerning the early date of Matthew’s Gospel, it is tempting to latch onto every author who might be “on my team.” However, there is need for circumspection. This morning, I found this interesting book from James Sheridan Knowles, Irish actor and…
Another type of publication which targeted the Christian public and likewise conveyed an early date for Matthew were Bible Knowledge and Bible History Handbooks. This first one was a Catholic publication, written in 1927 by the archbishop in Milwaukee, which largely drew from a work in German. B. IN PARTICULAR.…
Previous blog posts have profiled Protestant and Catholic family Bibles which identified early publication dates for the Gospels, including a publication date for Matthew within a decade of the resurrection and ascension. My goal has been to demonstrate that at one time there was a general awareness, within the English…
Excerpts from the writings of two additional authors, Robert Cockburne (1755) and Thomas Townson (1778), relating to the origins of Matthew’s Gospel, have now been posted. As with the other excerpts, I have modified the spellings and punctuation, to make the material more accessible to the modern reader. An extended…
In the verse below, can you find Paul’s reference to something which was previously written which presented Christ as crucified? O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. (Galatians 3:1 ESV) The ESV wording above is typical of…
I was excited today to find several older Catholic Bibles which also list an early date for Matthew’s Gospel. The date was integrated into a chronological index for the New Testament. Of course, finding dates in old Bibles doesn’t prove when the Gospels were published. However, what I am trying…
Excerpts from the writings of Richard Ward (1646), William Cave (1676), and John Edwards (1695), relating to the origins of Matthew’s Gospel, have now been posted. Credit belongs to Google and to the Early English Books Online project for digitizing and making these works available. I have modified the spellings…
For those who may be in the area, I’ll be presenting a paper at the 2024 Northwest Regional Evangelical Theological Society meeting at Multnomah University in Portland, on Saturday, February 17, 2024. The title of my paper is: “A Fresh Reading of Against Heresies 3.1.1: Affirmation of an Early Greek…
Cover to the 1880s family Bible which was purchased by my mother's paternal grandfather.