earliest date for gospel of Matthew

[BrotherLarry]

Ok, I believe that the year 41 is not a revolutionary date for Matthew. (It is the old non-bible-critism-date)

What is the origin of the quote? ie. which arabic source tells this? I ask this, because I'd like to be detailed.

thanks

Shlama Akhi distazo,

My guess is that an Arab Christian shared this information or a multilingual scholar shared it with his colleagues in a book or journal and John Wesley Etheridge was fortunate enough to read / and or hear about it and to put it into the preface of his book. That's the best guess I can make.

Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey