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Early Christian Writings

New Testament scholarshipan online collection of early Christian…active
Early Christian Writings: an online collection of early Christian texts (New Testament, apocrypha, Gnostic texts, Church Fathers), browsable by range of dating. Operator: Peter Kirby, named on the site as its copyright holder. Its unit: a text, with an estimated range of dating, translations and quoted scholarly introductions. Its texts: the New Testament and other early Christian writings.
Visit Early Christian Writings ↗Its NonWiki articleThe thesis

What it records

IntersectionsNew Testament scholarship: dating, authorship and literary dependence
Kind of evidencedating tabletranscription or editionbibliography or directory
Unit of recorda text, with an estimated range of dating, translations and quoted scholarly introductions
Which textsthe New Testament and other early Christian writings
Methodcompilation: each text page gives an estimated date range and quotes published introductions
Coveragegeography: early Christianity; period: first and second centuries chiefly
What it findsits dating table places Paul's earliest letters at 50-60 (1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1 Corinthians); it gives Revelation an estimated range of 90-95 A.D. and quotes Kümmel's Introduction to the New Testament (pp. 466-8) placing it toward the end of Domitian's reign
Its stated limitsits dates are given as an 'Estimated Range of Dating'

op the resource's own statement · 3p a third-party account · obs our observation · rd our reading. Hover a tag for its quote; each opens below with its source.

What this evidence can settle

Can answer

  • the received dating of each New Testament writing, as one widely used site sets it out

Cannot answer

  • the grounds of each date beyond the quoted introductions
  • the priority question: the table orders writings by date, not by derivation

Where it meets Revelation First

rd Dating, as the received order: Paul at 50-60 and Revelation at 90-95, the late date and the order Revelation First contests, laid out as a table. A worked comparison point for the thesis's ladder of claims.

Entity

Canonical nameEarly Christian Writings
Also known asearlychristianwritings.com
Addresshttps://www.earlychristianwritings.com/
OperatorPeter Kirby, named on the site as its copyright holder
Kindan online collection of early Christian texts (New Testament, apocrypha, Gnostic texts, Church Fathers), browsable by range of dating
Lifecycleactive — site with blog and forum links
Countnot stated (as of 2026-10-30)
Data accessopen web pages
Licencecopyright Peter Kirby; permission given to link to any HTML file on the site
Versions and datesread: 2026-10-30
Observation2026-10-30: read

Relations

Captures: the composition layer's account

NonWiki: the article, sourced

Evidenceevery field's quote, its source and the hash of the saved copy8
Negative tagswhat it is not2
  • NOT an edition: it compiles translations and published introductions
  • NOT a scholarly consensus statement: one site's estimated ranges
Sourcesevery source read, with its date and hash2
Not yet checkedwhat remains to read1
  • the provenance of the quoted introductions beyond the one named

Cite this record

Lee Sharks, ed. "Early Christian Writings." Revelation First meta-aggregator, revelationfirst.com, compiled 2026-10-30. https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/early-christian-writings/

Record https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/early-christian-writings/ · entity https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/early-christian-writings/#entity · the census as data

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Editor: Lee Sharks (ORCID 0009-0000-1599-0703). This page is the Revelation First meta-aggregator's record of the resource above: its reading and fields are ours, and each field carries its source, its basis and the hash of the copy read. The resource's own terms and findings are kept as its own. Compiled 2026-10-30. CC BY 4.0.