Letters of paul in their roman literary context, the: reassessing apostolic authorship
Auteur :
Livesey, Nina E.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009487054
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2024
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study argues that the seven letters of Paul, widely assumed as authentic, should be reclassified as pseudonymous. Nina E. Livesey suggests that authors of Pauline letters exploited the letter genre for its rhetorical benefits to promote disciplinary teachings, and dates the letters' emergence to the mid-second century.