(June 16, 2012 at 12:42 am)Annik Wrote: I think he means that there were folks trying to add credibility to their "letters" by tacking Paul's name to them.
Yeah it's reverse forgery (I think that's the informal name for it). So pretty much people that didn't have some sort of 'celebrity' status would attribute their works to someone better known so that it would hold more weight, credibility and authority.
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