(November 6, 2022 at 12:55 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:(November 6, 2022 at 11:36 am)GUBU Wrote: Paul's letters didn't survive, we've four different authors for the Pauline epistles, none of whom can be convincingly linked with the original Saul of Tarsus.
Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon are authentic Paul. The name "Saul" was an invention of the author of Acts to burnish his Jewish cred. The author who forged 2 Thessalonians had the balls to say beware of forgeries like 1 Thessalonians, but that was to throw people off the scent of his own forgery, sort of like when Lindsey Graham votes against LGBT issues.
"Saul" & "Paul" may have been interchangeable names:
Wikipedia -- Paul the Apostle