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  • From: "John C. Hurd" <John.Hurd AT Squam.org>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Pseudonymity & 2 Thessalonians
  • Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 21:06:00 -0400


Frank Hughes quotes me on the usual argument for the non authenticity of
2 Thessalonians as saying:
"Anything about 2 Thess. which is similar to 1 Thess. is counted as
evidence of "slavish copying"; anything which seems
dissimilar is taken as evidence of non authenticity."

And he counters:
"I'd say that the argument against the authenticity of 2 Thessalonians
is made from a combination of similarity and dissimilarity.
Notably, the similarity is mostly in chapters 1 and 3 of 2
Thessalonians. But there are significant differences. . . ."

Exactly my point. One cannot use the argument from similarity and the
argument from dissimilarity at the same time; the arguments cancel each
other.
Best wishes -- John Hurd
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:: John C. Hurd Internet: John.Hurd AT Squam.org
:: Professor Emeritus of New Testament
:: Trinity College in the University of Toronto






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