I disagree and so does the whole Tubingen school: that's why we threw them out of the Ebionaen Canon.Pauls "7 authentic" are (to my reading) real letters.
The author of the Timothies introduces himself as Paul and they're probably later than Marcions - a 100 years after the Paul-of-Acts retired to Spain.He introduces himself, says his sources, ends with greetings, writes passionate arguments. Most of rest of NT is either anonymous or written in someone else's name to add more weight. I think they were definitely written to be read out loud as scripture at the ecclesia.
Or you could look at them more deeply.The early "church" is interesting period to me You could argue that they were simply Jewish sect or a mystery cult at this point, not even Christians by our modern definition. Cheers Adam
Statistics: Posted by ebion — Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:49 pm