# Why are the gospels anonymous? - the bart ehrman blog #### () - BDEhrman **Link**:: https://ehrmanblog.org/why-are-the-gospels-anonymous/ **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@BDEhrman_undated-ez] ### Abstract ``` In my previous posts I have tried to establish that the four Gospels circulated anonymously for decades after they were written. To some modern readers that seems surprising. Why wouldn’t the authors name themselves? Surely they named themselves. Didn’t’ they? The clear answer is, no, they did not. But why?… ``` ### Notes