Letter writing mechanics
During Paul's day and age, most letters needed to be read out loud to the various churches because most people were this.
What is illiterate?
Scholars believe that as many as 6 epistles, ascribed to him, weren't actually written by him
Who is Paul?
This book of the Bible almost didn't get included because of its contradictions with Paul
What is James?
The # of fundamental convictions of Paul's theology identified by scholar Michael Gorman (oddly enough, it bears a striking similarity to the # of Jesus's disciples
What is 12?
The Kingdom of God & Justification by faith are 2 concepts that dominated Paul's teaching about Jesus to these people
Who are the Gentiles?
The Greek term for this was amanuensis
What is a scribe?
Term meaning someone wrote something but credited another person as having written it
What is Pseudonymity
This book of the Bible almost didn't get included because of the controversies around how to interpret it
What is Revelations?
Protestant reformer Martin Luther believed this was the central theme of Paul's theology
What is "Justification by Faith"?
Although Paul doesn't directly quote Jesus's sayings very often in his epistles, there are many of these
What are allusions?
Term for taking down a persons thoughts word for word.
What is verbatim?
In the Mid 2nd century, Christianity shifted away from its Jewish roots and moved more toward this
What is Hellenism (Greek)
The canon of Paul's letters helped the early church to combat this
What are heresies (heresy)
Paul differed from most of his Jewish contemporaries because he believed Jesus was this
What is the messiah?
True or False: Paul supported Jesus's assertion that people should pay their taxes.
What is true?
If a letter was written by Paul himself, he usually closed it with these words.
What is "in my own hand"?
People in this geographic area had a pretty good grasp on the concept of literary property
What is the Mediterranean?
Chronologically and thematically, it made sense to put Paul's letters after this book, which talked about the works of the early church
What is Acts?
This man wanted people to acknowledge him as God... not Jesus
Who is Caesar?
To stress his independence from those who claimed to speak for the apostles, Paul relied on his encounter with Christ on this road
What is Damascus?
Paul used these to help hearers better remember his letters.
What are mnemonic (stylistic) devices?
Of 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, or 2 Thessalonians, the book scholars dispute most as being written by Paul
What is 2 Thessalonians?
The scholars who canonized the bible gave less importance to letters he wrote to individuals and more importance to letters he wrote to these
What are churches?
This belief stated that only a minority of Jews would truly be saved
What is "Remnant Theology"?
Both Paul & Jesus used this word in a similar context. It's from the Greek word dikaiosune which means "justice"
What is Justification?