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 ::::::That they are religious texts is obvious, and no ancient historical document is un-problematic in some way. I agree that this issue shouldn't be discussed in depth, but the issue of genre is an important one, and as such I think it is important to come to an agreement on what the genre ""gospel"" is. I could cite sources on this, but I will just say that the best definition of the ""gospel"" genre I have seen is that it is a broad and difficult to define genre that includes elements of biography, historiography, and theology. I think we can all agree that it includes elements of these, so I think we should just go with this and not focus too much on this issue.  "