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Kinship as the accounts give it
The family of Jesus Christ
Central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
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Text Christianity
New Testament
Novum Testamentum la Καινή Διαθήκη grc ܕܝܬܝܩܝ ܚܕܬܐ arc
Second division of the Christian biblical canon
- Written 1st century CE
- Also called NT, Greek Scriptures, New Covenant
A text has a date.
What it tells
may not.
Two clocks, kept apart
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Follow the text
Stories and families in it
Each on its own page, where this text is one account among others.
Figures
Who appears in it
Gods and people whose own records say they appear in this work.
What this means
Read from the other end: computed from those records, not from this one. A figure appearing here does not make this the only account of them, and a relationship attested in this work holds in this work.
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Parts
Works within it
Works recorded as part of this one. Each date is that work’s own, on the source clock.
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Gospel of Matthew
book of the New TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Gospel of John
one of the four canonical gospels in the New TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Gospel of Luke
book of the New TestamentWritten 85 CE -
Book of Revelation
final book of the New TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Acts of the Apostles
book of the New TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Epistle to the Romans
New Testament epistle attributed to PaulWritten c. 57 CE -
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First Epistle to the Corinthians
book of the New Testament attributed to PaulWritten 54 CE -
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Epistle to the Galatians
New Testament epistle attributed to PaulWritten 48 CE -
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Epistle to the Ephesians
New Testament epistle attributed to PaulWritten 62 CE
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Epistle to the Hebrews
book of the BibleWritten 63 CE -
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Epistle of James
book of the New Testament attributed to JamesWritten no date recorded -
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Epistle to the Philippians
eleventh book in the New TestamentWritten 54 CE -
Second Epistle to the Corinthians
book of the New Testament attributed to PaulWritten 56 CE -
Epistle to Philemon
book of the New Testament attributed to PaulWritten 57 CE -
Epistle of Jude
epistle in the New Testament attributed to to Jude, brother of JamesWritten 1st century CE -
First Epistle to Timothy
New Testament epistle ascribed to PaulWritten c. 64 CE -
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Epistle to the Colossians
book of the New Testament traditionally attributed to PaulWritten the 60s CE -
First Epistle of Peter
book of the Bible attributed to PeterWritten no date recorded -
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Second Epistle of Peter
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Epistle to Titus
New Testament pastoral epistle ascribed to PaulWritten c. 63 CE -
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Second Epistle to Timothy
book of the New Testament attributed to PaulWritten 64 CE -
Third Epistle of John
New Testament epistle attributed to JohnWritten no date recorded -
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
New Testament epistle ascribed to PaulWritten 50 CE -
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
New Testament epistle ascribed to PaulWritten the 50s CE -
Passion
final period in the life of Jesus, before his crucifixionWritten no date recorded -
law of Moses
the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew BibleWritten no date recorded Has references -
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Luke–Acts
composite work consisting of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, usually held to be written by the same authorWritten no date recorded
Also recorded in it: Christ
Connections
How New Testament connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
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Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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