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#174 Do I have to agree with St Paul? (replay)

Ask NT Wright Anything

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The Problem With Pseudonymous Authorship in the New Testament

If it could be shown, proven more or less, that at least some of the letters are in Paul's name but weren't written by him, is that going to be a problem given that they do claim to be all the Bible? I mean, then people get into the debate about how widespread was the phenomenon of pseudonymous authorship. It would raise the questions. Of course, how would you prove it? There have been studies done on the stoichiometric analysis you put into a computer and see. And part of the problem is that the sample is too small to get any solid generalizations.

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