Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

In a message dated 2/25/2004 11:04:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
turgueman AT netzero.net writes:

Could it be possible Paul's letter were written centuries later by Greek 
Christians? (translated)
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I'm assuming that your parethesis indicates your true question, i.e. "was 
Paul's letter TRANSLATED centuries later by Greek Christians?"  No, that is 
not 
possible.  Note this quotation from the Anchor Bible Dictionary s.v. "Canon." 

"The Epistle to the Hebrews, which even the ancient church doubted was 
written by Paul, nevertheless came ultimately to be attached to the 
collection of 
Pauline letters, ordinarily at the end, after the personal letters. This 
document had been respected and used in the Egyptian church from an early 
time, and 
it appears within the Pauline collection (standing second after Romans) in 
the 
earliest extant manuscript of the Pauline collection, P46 (which has an 
Egyptian provenance). "

Since P46 is c. 200, I cannot see how your proposal could be true.  

gfsomsel