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Paul's letters are to communities in named places. What if they themselves were written in a community (reaching out or branching out to others)? The oldest testimony dates back to 97CE and concerns the entire collection of 10 letters. There is no evidence of the alleged original circulation. Paul'...

Since Paul was created, his author decided that he could not combine him with other fictional characters and stories. For safety reasons. If these stories are deemed to be made-up fairy tales, the story about Paul will remain safe and unverifiable. Therefore, the Gospel of Paul is not connected with...

There are no criteria that could determine the authenticity of the letters and Paul himself (as the author) based on textual analyses. Regardless of the consensus, both conflicting solutions are equally possible. I don't have to convince anyone of this. It's just the way it is. The result of the bib...

The creators of the character of Paul and the epistolary novel describing him knew Pilate because they placed their hero as close as possible to the date of the crucifixion event. They knew Pilate from the TF or some gospel if there was one. They did not connect their hero with the Gospel stories, e...

[...] "whatever they were formerly, makes no difference to me" is in Polish translations and it seems that this is how the text should be read. I wanted to point out that this is the least of the problems with Gal 2. Paul insults his partners all the time. It starts with a disgusting sugge...

I think that both disinterest ('stupid question') and 'Who knows?' are valid responses, just not the only valid responses. In historical research, it is impossible to exclude the existence of a person about whom there is only one unverifiable testimony. Such a person is like an elementary particle ...

I think that both disinterest ('stupid question') and 'Who knows?' are valid responses, just not the only valid responses. In historical research, it is impossible to exclude the existence of a person about whom there is only one unverifiable testimony. Such a person is like an elementary particle ...

We cannot use Paul's letters as an indicator of the activity of the Christian movement in the years 40-65 CE until we have established their authenticity. Your arguments don't make sense to me. Why fabricate letters about a guy that never met Jesus unless it was already widely established that this...

The news of the coming of the Messiah is a similar phenomenon to the appearance of Mary. Information appears that fits perfectly into the religious imagination of some recipients. And here, even the size of this group is not important, only activity and commitment. Small groups of pilgrims visiting ...

We cannot use Paul's letters as an indicator of the activity of the Christian movement in the years 40-65 CE until we have established their authenticity. The fact that they are authentic is supported by the fact that they are very well written - they are realistic and credible for most biblical sch...