Questions tagged [authorship]
Questions about the authorship of particular parts of the bible.
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Is Romans 3:24-26 original to Paul?
Romans 3:23-26 (NA28, ESV):
πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ...
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Is there a case to be made that Luke wrote the book of Hebrews?
When I compare and contrast the writings in the book of Romans versus Hebrews they sound very different and in some cases a bit contradictory to each other. Paul emphasizes the certainty of salvation ...
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What does Song 1:1 tell us about Solomon's relationship to the book?
Song 1:1:
שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ (BHS)
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.(ESV)
I have seen it postulated* that the final word here (a lamed preposition prefixed to the name ...
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What does the vocabulary of 2 Peter indicate about its authorship?
The opening verse of 2 Peter states that the book was written by “Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ" (ESV). By this we understand the claim to be Simon Bar-Jonah (Matt 16:17), a ...
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Were 1 John and John’s gospel written by the same person?
I’m interested in internal evidence based on the linguistic/stylistic and (if you like) thematic patterns of the two books. I am less interested for the purpose of this question in whether either was ...
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Who wrote Lamentations?
As part of the Meta Call for questions related to the Five Scrolls.
Traditionally, Lamentations has been attributed to Jeremiah, the reason it follows Jeremiah in the Christian ordering of the Old ...
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What evidence suggests that Paul was not the author of Titus?
I am aware that only a minority of critical scholars recognize Paul as the author of Titus. What I am not sure of is why. Does "the author" say something in the letter that sounds "non-Pauline"? Does ...
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Does the Gospel of Marcion attest to Luke's authorship of the Gospel of Luke?
The Gospel of Marcion is said to be evidence that the Gospel of Luke was in fact written by Luke:
Tradition unanimously affirms this author to be Luke. This is attested
by the early heretic ...
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What external evidence do we have for who wrote the Gospel of John?
It seems the Gospel of John was written in the late 80s or early 90s.
If John was around Jesus age when they both met, then he would have been 80 or 90 years when writing it.
In that time, people ...
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Why is the fact that the Muratorian Fragment included Luke in its canon considered an external evidence for Luke's authorship?
The Muratorian Fragment is said to be evidence that the Gospel of Luke was in fact written by him:
Tradition unanimously affirms this author to be Luke. This is attested
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Internal Evidence of Authorship of the Fourth Gospel
By the "fourth gospel," I mean the gospel commonly attributed to an "apostle John."
However, is there actually an internal evidence that someone named John wrote the fourth gospel, as is commonly ...
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Did Jesus ever write anything? [closed]
I mean we got writing by matthew, mark, luke, etc. Where is writing by Jesus? Anything survive?
Did Jesus ever write anything that survives?
I am aware of a tradition that king of Edessa want to be ...
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Why Luke's gospel was originally anonymous?
According to an answer here
What are the evidences that Luke is written after/before the fall of Jerusalem?
Luke's gospel was originally anonymous and latter assigned to Luke, a fellow travelers of ...
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Revelation: Before or after AD70?
My question is about how the Book of Revelation is dated. Some say it was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, and others say it was written later (maybe around AD 96.)
Obviously the ...
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Is John 21 a later addition to the Fourth Gospel?
Many readers have noted that John 20:30-31 makes for a fitting ending to the Gospel.
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But ...
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