(March 16, 2014 at 4:28 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: The entire epistle of Timothy has been considered by scholars to be a forgery? Huh. Interesting.Along with 2 Timothy, Titus, 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians and Colossians. (Some scholars support the last two as authentic.) Hebrews does not specifically say that it is by Paul, but the last chapter appears to imply that, mentioning his associates like Timothy. The church added the title, "The Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Hebrews" but it is certainly not by Paul. All the other epistles are NOT by the apostles whom they claim as authors: 1 & 2 Peter, James, Jude, and all 3 epistles by John. The 4 gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John) are all anonymous along with Acts. The titles were added later by the church. That leaves Revelation, whose author claims to be "John from Patmos" (not the apostle John) so we can hardly say he is lying about having a very common name.

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