It's all well and good to assert that there are 7 authentic pauline epistles except we know they have been tampered with.
http://vridar.org/2017/05/26/why-many-in...ry-likely/
But, perhaps even worse....
https://www.umass.edu/wsp/alpha/texts/pa...tions.html
This notes the detected interpolations but the old adage "when one lie is detected a thousand must be suspected" comes into play.
Where does the "authentic" part come in?
http://vridar.org/2017/05/26/why-many-in...ry-likely/
Quote:William Walker, Jr’s conclusion, then, is that
Quote:In short, it is my judgment that aspects of the literary history of the Pauline letters just mentioned, coupled with the widespread presence of interpolations in other ancient literature, makes it almost certain, simply on a priori grounds, that the Pauline letters now contain interpolations — indeed, many interpolations. (loc. ca 1658)
But, perhaps even worse....
https://www.umass.edu/wsp/alpha/texts/pa...tions.html
This notes the detected interpolations but the old adage "when one lie is detected a thousand must be suspected" comes into play.
Where does the "authentic" part come in?