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  • From: Jeff Peterson <peterson AT mail.ics.edu>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Pseudonymity
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:55:04 -0700


At 6:05 PM -0300 4/30/99, Frank W. Hughes wrote:

>The classic problem of 2 Thessalonians, as reflected by the publication of
>William Wrede's Die Aechtheit des 2. Thessalonicherbriefes untersucht in
>1903, was how you can take seriously the literary closeness of 1 and 2
>Thessalonians, which Wrede showed primarily by way of a synopsis in
>parallel columns.

Just curious: is it Wrede's book that should be credited with establishing
pseudonymous authorship of 2 Thess as scholarly orthodoxy? I've operated on
this assumption but would appreciate having it dis/confirmed by someone
who's worked through the literature as thoroughly as Frank.

Jeff

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Jeffrey Peterson
Institute for Christian Studies
Austin, Texas, USA
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  • Pseudonymity, Patrick Nugent, 05/01/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Pseudonymity, Jeff Peterson, 05/03/1999
    • Re: Pseudonymity, Frank W. Hughes, 05/03/1999

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