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The current scholarly consensus is that the Gospels were not authored by the people they're attributed to (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). Why then were these specific people chosen when authorship was being assigned? Would it have not been more "legitimate" to assign authorship to say, Peter or James?

by /u/derstherower in /r/AskHistorians

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