Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>]

At 11:06 AM 5/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>It seems to me that one of the facets of our discussion(s) of pseudonymity
>and the canonical Pauline corpus deserves to be unpacked further.  To wit:
>what evidence is there that pseudonymity was an accepted device in the
>developing church in the first century?  (And yes, I'm assuming the
>existence of a generally "orthodox", homogenous body of Christianity from
>the earliest days.)

Many years ago Kurt Aland wrote a very seminal article on this subject.  I
dont remember the exact title- but perhaps Edgar will recall it.  It was
something like "The NT and Pseudonymity".  In this essay Aland discusses all
the relevant issues.  Those interested really should get a copy and look at
it.  I think it was published in JBL or NT Studies or some other well known
and fairly accesible journal.

If I can track down the exact reference I will pass it along.  I hope
someone will beat me to it.

Best,

Jim

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