Who wrote the 4 gospels of the New Testament and when?
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Unbiased people? Where in the world would you propose to find any such creatures? 
Jesus said, "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
Jesus said, "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
“In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
“But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
“In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
“But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
This is Zechariah 14:3 from Targum Jonathan to the Prophets. Tweek in red, addition in green. I guess in this case you could say it's all an addition. This particular addition noted is a variant found in only some manuscripts.
And the Lord shall be revealed, and fight in battle against those nations as the day he fought in battle at the Red Sea. In that time, the Lord shall take a great shofar in hand and sound ten trumpet blasts to make the dead live. Zechariah 14:3
Studies in Targum Jonathan to the Prophets, Leivy Smolar, et al, pg. xxix
The Halacha in Targum Jonathan is that of Judaism as defined by R[abbi]. Akiba and his school. Since Biblical practices often differed from those considered proper in Rabbinic times, the Targumists deliberately changed the text whenever necessary to bring it into conformity with Rabbinic Halacha. Historical accuracy was often sacrificed for the sake of Halachic expediency and need.
The Halacha in Targum Jonathan is that of Judaism as defined by R[abbi]. Akiba and his school. Since Biblical practices often differed from those considered proper in Rabbinic times, the Targumists deliberately changed the text whenever necessary to bring it into conformity with Rabbinic Halacha. Historical accuracy was often sacrificed for the sake of Halachic expediency and need.
I think you hit upon something here that we "moderns" tend to not only overlook, but, flat out, deny. And, that is that those old writers wrote in their esoteric way, to their own people, in their specific time. And we try to read it all with 21st century eyes, and comprehend it with 21st century minds.
That leaves All scripture open to massive changes by whoever happend to be translating the original text! That just crazy!!! How can this be accepted? How can millions of people live there lives according to scripture that's open to massive ad ons of any particular translator/commentator,this surley can't be regarded as inspired writing?