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what are some contemporary writings of Jesus?

Contemporary means during his life, for those that are unsure. Please Listed all sources.

Update:

Eli Parada im not asking for writings by Jesus im asking about writings of or about Jesus.

Update 2:

Karl - the Bible is not contemporary, John Never met or had a conversation or even lived during the times of Jesus.

Update 3:

Aonghas Declared Me Immature - my question is simple. not at all what your getting at. i just want to know what writings there are about Jesus During his lifetime. its not a difficult task. if there are any they would be really well known and cited easily....right?

Update 4:

St Thecla - thanks, i took a few moments to look them up, but none of them are showing as contemporary.

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  • cosmo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    There are none. None at all, by anyone. And that includes the New Testament, and forged apologist documents like Josephus.

    The earliest Christian writings are by Saul of Tarsis (Paul).

    There are contemporary records of John the Baptist.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    None of the Gospels were written any earlier than about 60 AD (the gospel of Mark and Q were written around them). Nothing that Jesus himself wrote - if indeed he wrote anything - has survived.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Not all what Jesus did or preach was written; possibly written in the apocryphal books which were tainted by heretical authors, such that it did not made to the canonization process.Google apocryphal books.

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  • 1 decade ago

    If I detect your goal, the question is a bit like the evolution deniers who keep asking, "What happened to all of the billions of fossils there should be from so many millions of years of evolution?"

    Of course, as a historian (retired), I can also so that the question is largely irrelevant to what many try and fail to prove through it.

  • 1 decade ago

    If your looking for more teachings of Jesus then you could probably find some 'acclaimed' writings in the Gnostic Gospels and in Theosophical teachings

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't think Jesus did any writing during his life. He was a carpenter and a preacher. I don't think he was educated in the traditional sense, as he was of a poor family and a Jew.

  • 1 decade ago

    Jesus never wrote anything, contemporary or not.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think He helped ghost write George W. Bush's book..

  • Karl P
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    here: John 21: 25.

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