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Posted by: Simone Stigmata ( )
Date: April 29, 2011 04:52AM
Did Paul write Galatians?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdqJyk-dtLs&NR=1

Some more thoughts for the "Did Jesus Exist?" discussion.

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Posted by: glad2bout ( )
Date: April 29, 2011 05:41AM
what would Frodo do?

Yes, Paul wrote Galatians. Just as Frodo Baggins wrote that epic tome detailing his adventures. Just as Josephus wrote about the jesus.

Glad2B Out

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Posted by: Devorah ( )
Date: May 01, 2011 06:44AM
Re: Did Paul write Galatians?

Hmmm. Reading Galations 1:1, it would seem so. What direction are you planning on taking this?

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Posted by: Devorah ( )
Date: May 01, 2011 06:46AM
Re: Did Paul write Galatians?

Sorry, that would be "Galatians". From Galatia. Or somewhere nearby...

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Posted by: Simone Stigmata ( )
Date: May 01, 2011 11:31AM
Re: Did Paul write Galatians?

Well, we had this discussion a few days ago on the historical Jesus. Josephus was not considered a reliable source...nor were the gospels for obvious reasons.

Some of Paul's letters are considered forgeries. However, Galatians is considered by most scholars to be legit.

It just seems to me that if Paul wrote Galatians this is about as close as we can get to the historical Jesus. Paul mentions in passing in Galatians that he met with James, the Lord's brother. If Galatians was written in the 50s CE then that is as close as we can get IMO. James was killed in about 62 CE or so I think and Paul a few years later.

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Posted by: archytas ( )
Date: May 01, 2011 12:39PM
There is a minority school in biblical criticism that rejects its authenticity

It's known as the Dutch Radical school. Allard Pierson sort of kick started the movement.

Love them or hate them, their views are quite interesting.

See this link for an overview:
http://www.depts.drew.edu/jhc/detering.html

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