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Whether Paul wrote the three other epistles in his name (2 Thessalonians, Ephesians and Colossians) is widely debated. [1] According to some scholars, Paul wrote the questionable letters with the help of a secretary, or amanuensis , [ 2 ] who would have influenced their style, if not their theological content.
Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, 17th-century painting. Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary, for example Romans 16:22, [16] cites a scribe named Tertius. According to 2 Thessalonians 3,17, [17] Paul authenticated all of his letters with the final greeting and signature. A 19th-century portrayal of Paul the Apostle
The breakdown of Romans as a treatise began with F.C. Baur in 1836 when he suggested "this letter had to be interpreted according to the historical circumstances in which Paul wrote it." [45] Paul sometimes uses a style of writing common in his time called a diatribe. He appears to be responding to a critic (probably an imaginary one based on ...
There is a consensus among historians and theologians that Paul is the author of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, [6] with Sosthenes as its co-author. Protestant commentator Heinrich Meyer notes that Sosthenes' inclusion in the opening wording shows that he made a greater contribution to the letter than being a "mere amanuensis".
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Paul starts first with God's wrath that comes deservedly on the state religion of the Gentiles (20–32), drawn against the background of the fall of the first human beings in to sin. [ 32 ] Several scholars believe verses 18 to 32 (and chapter 2) are a non-Pauline interpolation , but this is a minority position.
Sanders, E. P. Paul the Law and the Jewish People 1983; Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion 1977 ISBN 0-8006-1899-8; Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth 2004; Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics 2003 ...
Andrew Taylor Still with his amanuensis, Annie Morris, who is at a typewriter. An amanuensis (/ ə ˌ m æ nj u ˈ ɛ n s ɪ s /) or scribe [1] [2] is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. It may also be a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority.