Corpus-Paul

["Edgar M. Krentz" <ekrentz AT earthlink.net>]

> Dear Dave,
>
> It is quite possible that Onesimus and Onesiphorus are the same person. I
> am not sure, however, that the reference to 'chains' is a valid
> connection. It might be if all three letters (Col, Phlmn, 2 Tim) were
> written from the same prison but this is not certain. Personally I suspect
> that 2 Tim was written during Paul's second imprisonment in  Rome and
> shortly before his death (in 64) while Col and Phlmn were written and
> posted (with Ephesians) from prison in Ephesus in 62 (Following Paul's
> release from Rome at the end of Acts).
>
> Kym Smith
> Adelaide
> South Australia
> khs AT picknowl.com.au

Have you considered at all the heavy reasons for considering all 
three of these as deutero-pauline letters? Read one of the recent 
introductions to the NT, say that of Raymond Brown or Udo Schnelle. 
There are very strong reasons to think they are not by Paul--which 
says nothing about their canonical and theological significance.

And have you asked whether the two names may not have different 
significations?

Of course, if you have thought these through well, then you are not 
just following a traditionalist approach.

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