In this series J.P Holding goes over (in an entertaining way) why he holds to the traditional authorship view of the New Testament, note he doesn't go over every conceivable objection against the traditional view in the series but some main objections he can think of, however in his articles he slides into mostly everything. I have linked you to his play list so you can pick whatever epistle of the New Testament you'd like to know more about. Or you can simply watch them all from the beginning:
And here is a vigorous video defense of the Markan authorship of the Gospel of Mark:
Resources
Articles that supplement his video arguments:
http://www.tektonics.org/lp/ntcanon.html
http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/markdef.html
http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/mattdef.html
http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/johndef.html
http://www.tektonics.org/qm/qmhub.html
http://www.bible.ca/canon.htm
http://www.answering-islam.org/authors/shamoun/macarthur_john.html
New Testament Scholar, Richard Bauckham has resources all over the internet arguing the same: 1, 2, 3 as do many other Christian Scholars.
Lastly in an ironic twist Muslim Apologist, Bassam Zawadi in attempting to show modern scholarship views the many of the Gospels and parts of the NT as formally annoymous he ends up supplying conservative quotations which lend support to credible arguments to aid the traditionalist camp: 1, 2
New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Blomberg, distinguished professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado (who had an interesting interview here) compiled a list of: 59 Confirmed or Historically Probable Facts in the Gospel of John. He says:
ReplyDelete"All this adds up to strong circumstantial evidence for equating the beloved disciple with the apostle John." Blomberg, Craig (2009-08-01). "The Gospel of John". Jesus and the Gospels (2nd ed.). Nashville: B & H Publishing Group. pp. 197–198.
Finally New Testament D.A. Carson asserts:
[Denying Johannine Authorship] also requires their virtual dismissal of the external evidence. This is particularly regrettable. Most scholars of antiquity, were they assessing the authorship of some other document, could not so easily set aside the evidence as plentiful, consistent and plainly tied to the sources as is the external evidence that supports Johannine authorship." Carson, D A (1991). "The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel". The Gospel According to John. Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 68–69.