How the Gospels were written: decades of tradition, editing and debate, not four eyewitnesses

For centuries it was believed that the four Gospels were written by direct eyewitnesses to Jesus's life. Modern historians and biblical scholars now describe a far more complex process involving oral tradition, decades of editing and doctrinal disputes before the texts were fixed. Researchers stress they are not undermining the value of the Gospels but revealing the remarkable history behind their creation.

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