(December 10, 2011 at 4:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: "Paul" may be as concocted as "jesus."
As has been noted there are few historical "markers" in these writings and one that does exist places 2 Corinthians into the 1st century BC.
Your right. But its written in 55-60AD long after the fact and to be of any use in confirming an historical jesus. Paul never laid eyes on a physical jesus.