[Magdalen] Epiphany

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 01:45:30 UTC 2015


Oops....just read my post, which made no sense. The prof who was the authority on Paul thought he did write Ephesians. 

> On Jan 8, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> My NT professors disagreed on the authorship of Ephesians. One thought Paul did not write it, and the other--something of an authority on Paul--was convinced he didn't.
> 
>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 4:22 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In one course I took, the point given was that Paul was probably author of five of the letters attributed to him:   1 Corinthian, Thessalonians (or was it Titus?), Ephesians, and Philemon, and I don’t remember the fifth.
>> 
>> They are the most liberal of the letters.  The more conservative ones most likely were NOT written by Paul.
>> 
>> “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
>> 
>> Jim Handsfield
>> jhandsfield at att.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, I am of the school which believes that not all of Paul was written by
>>> Paul, for openers. I also tend to regard the epistles as commentary, not
>>> quite on the same level as the gospels. But then, that's my opinion, and I
>>> am but a lowly layperson.
>> 


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