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  • From: "Frank W. Hughes" <fwhughes AT sunbeach.net>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Evidence for Paul's existence
  • Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:20:28 -0400


John Dickson wrote:

> One must keep in mind the dictum: "Absence of evidence is not evidence of
> absence."
> In any case, the Pauline epistles, Acts and statements in 2 Peter and 1
> Clement must
> be regarded as decisive literary evidence for Paul's existence.

I agree with the above and also want to add the Deuteropauline and Pastoral
Epistles.
While not written by Paul, they attest to the existence of a complex Paul
tradition,
including one or more conflicts over "the legacy of Paul." It certainly
seems highly
unlikely that anyone would want to fight for exclusive rights to the
theological and
pastoral legacy of Paul if Paul had not existed and had not been a major
influence on
early Christianity.

Frank W. Hughes
Lecturer in New Testament Studies
Codrington College
St. John
Barbados, West Indies





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