RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 24, 2015 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2015 at 6:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
HMN, an addendum, lets see if we';re on the same page, if we'rte having the same discussion?
-You and I both agree that there are (lets say 7) letter attributable to a single author. Yes?
-You and I both agree that the narrative is, for the most part, internally consistent - and that we can safely remove those obvious mythologies and forgeries in the periphery and still be left with some text. Yes?
The question I'm asking..with all of this, any of it, is simple. Is there some reason, other than the claims contained in the narrative, that we are calling this author Paul? Why we are assuming, even, that there must have been a life of Paul, as it were? I understand that many do, I'm wondering what evidence leads us to that -as a conclusion-, rather than an assumption? Something other than the text, I presume?
-You and I both agree that there are (lets say 7) letter attributable to a single author. Yes?
-You and I both agree that the narrative is, for the most part, internally consistent - and that we can safely remove those obvious mythologies and forgeries in the periphery and still be left with some text. Yes?
The question I'm asking..with all of this, any of it, is simple. Is there some reason, other than the claims contained in the narrative, that we are calling this author Paul? Why we are assuming, even, that there must have been a life of Paul, as it were? I understand that many do, I'm wondering what evidence leads us to that -as a conclusion-, rather than an assumption? Something other than the text, I presume?
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