... written by Peter, John and some of the other apostles. Christianity was based on oral tradition and probably separate pieces of writing, before the bible took the form of a collection of books The only written record of Jesus' life is found in the four gospels of the New Testament. It was written 30-70 years after his death, so we know Jesus did not write it. All the writers of the gospels were either an apostle who knew Jesus, or a close friend of an apostle. Nothing is known for certain about the gospel writers, some associate the gospels of Matthew and John with Jesus' disciples of the same name. The New Testament is divided into four gospels (gospel meaning good news). It contains stories of Jesus life and the things that happened, but they are nowhere near a complete biography. The bible took centuries to reach the form it ...

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