Corpus-Paul

["John C. Hurd" <John.Hurd AT Squam.org>]

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