Why Not the Gospel of Peter?

In my discussion of why the four Gospels were given their names, I hypothesized that it was because an edition of the four was produced in Rome in the mid second-century, and that this edition named the Gospels as “according to Matthew” “according to Mark” “according to Luke” and “according to John.” The trickiest name to account for is Mark’s. Here I suggested that the editor of this Gospel edition wanted the readers to understand that this Gospel presented the views of Peter; but he did not...

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on December 08, 2014 12:24
No comments have been added yet.


Bart D. Ehrman's Blog

Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.
Follow Bart D. Ehrman's blog with rss.