How many New Testament books did Matthew write?

Answer 1

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Even today, many people are incredulous when told that we know only one person by name who actually wrote New Testament books - Paul, who probably wrote seven epistles. The entire remainder of the New Testament is called pseudepigraphical - either written in the name of a well-known predecessor or wrongly attributed to a predecessor.Of course, all these books did have authors, but we do not know who they were, nor exactly how many were written by the same author.

The eight traditional authors of the New Testament are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, Peter and Jude.

Answer 2

The Gospel known to us as the Gospel According to St Matthew does not identify its author. For many decades after it was written, probably in the 80s CE, it was not attributed to any specific author. Towards the middle of the second century, it was decided that the author must have been one of the disciples, because of his apparently intimate knowledge of the life of Jesus. The disciple called Matthew was chosen as the most likely author because, as a tax collector, he would have been well educated. However, modern New Testament scholars say that the gospel could not have been written by an eyewitness to the mission of Jesus. The apostle Matthew did not write any book in the New Testament.

The anonymous author we now call Matthew only wrote one book in the New Testament - the Gospel of Matthew .

Answer 3

The Gospel According to St Matthew is the only book written by Matthew. He goes through the whole history of Jesus and it was written to Jewish people (Matthew was a Jew).

Answer 4

The Gospel of Matthew is the only book in the New Testament traditionally attributed to the Apostle Matthew.