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Given that the Pauline epistles are generally dated to AD 50 to AD 60, they are the earliest surviving Christian texts that include information about Jesus.

These letters were written approximately twenty to thirty years after the generally accepted time period for the death of Jesus, around AD 30-36.

The letters were written during a time when Paul recorded encounters with the disciples of Jesus, e. g. Galatians 1: 18 states that several years after his conversion Paul went to Jerusalem and stayed with Apostle Peter for fifteen days.