Original sentence: They give priority to the epistles over the gospels in determining the views of the earliest Christians, contend that Christianity emerged organically from Hellenistic Judaism, and draw on perceived parallels between the biography of Jesus and those of Greek, Egyptian, and other pagan gods
Edited sentence: Some suggest that Christianity may have emerged organically from Hellenistic Judaism.They give priority to the earlier Christian writings, the epistles, over the later texts, the "gospels", in determining the views of the earliest Christians and note many parallels between the biography of Jesus and those of Greek, Egyptian, and other pagan gods