# Why date the gospels after 70 CE? #### (2022) - BDEhrman **Link**:: https://ehrmanblog.org/why-date-the-gospels-after-70-ce/ **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@BDEhrman2022-ap] ### Abstract ``` New Testament scholars are virtually unified in thinking that the Gospels of the New Testament began to appear after 70 CE. The major exceptions are conservative evangelicals who often date them earlier. One can understand why: they typically maintain that the Gospels of Matthew and John were written by disciples… ``` ### Notes