Corpus-Paul

[Jeff Peterson <peterson AT mail.ics.edu>]

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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