| − | A nine-part summary of the intervening years between the [[martyr]]doms of Peter and Paul under Nero and the writing of the New Testament works of the [[Epistle of Jude]], the [[Book of Revelation]] and the Letters of [[John the Apostle]] is included in ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''. Sources are linked below under Historical sources. | + | A sixteen-part summary of the intervening years between the [[martyr]]doms of Peter and Paul under Nero and the writing of the New Testament works of the [[Epistle of Jude]], the [[Book of Revelation]] and the Letters of [[John the Apostle]] is included in ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''. Sources are linked below under Historical sources. |
| | Historians and Bible scholars disagree on the precise dates of the intervening years. But in general they do agree that the entire historical period extends from about A.D. 67 through 90. | | Historians and Bible scholars disagree on the precise dates of the intervening years. But in general they do agree that the entire historical period extends from about A.D. 67 through 90. |
| − | The text of chapters Forty-six through Fifty-four of this ''Harmony of the Gospel'' is a redaction of the informative sources listed below, rearranged, chronologically sequenced, collated, condensed, combined and adapted, while seeking to preserve much of their expressive language, and in some instances updating and improving both their translations and the written copy. This accounts for the several apparent repetitions, parallel constructions and duplications in the text, which have been kept to a minimum as far as possible without loss of information. Compare the method proposed by the [[Documentary Hypothesis]]. An attempt has been made to simplify the wordy, complex, convoluted, often reiterative, turgid literary styles of Josephus and Tacitus. | + | The text of chapters Forty-six through Sixty-three of this ''Harmony of the Gospel'' is a redaction of the informative sources listed below, rearranged, chronologically sequenced, collated, condensed, combined and adapted, while seeking to preserve much of their expressive language, and in some instances updating and improving both their translations and the written copy. This accounts for the several apparent repetitions, parallel constructions and duplications in the text, which have been kept to a minimum as far as possible without loss of information. Compare the method proposed by the [[Documentary Hypothesis]]. An attempt has been made to simplify the wordy, complex, convoluted, often reiterative, turgid literary styles of Josephus and Tacitus. |