CAMS Exam 2
How many of the 27 books of the New Testament claim to be written by Paul - Answer-13
Amanuensis - Answer-a secretary or trained scribe who writes letters for other people
What evidence is there that Paul used an amanuensis? - Answer-- Tertius is identified as the one who is
actually writing his letter to the Romans
- in several of his other letters, Paul specifies he is writing the concluding words himself which suggests
someone else wrote the rest
Pseudepigraphy - Answer-a false ascription
Pseudepigraphy in New Testament studies - Answer-applied to the practice of ancient authors
attributing their own writings to other people who had influenced their writing
Pauline Corpus - Answer-undisputed letters of Paul and deutero-Pauline letters
Undisputed letters of Paul - Answer-- all New Testament scholars believe they were actually written by
Paul
- Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon
, Deutero-Pauline letters - Answer-- letters that are ascribed to Paul but are believed to be written after
Paul's death by someone who felt qualified to address the church in Paul's name
- Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus
What "problem" might one have using the deutero-Pauline to reconstruct Paul's thinking? - Answer-
these letters are viewed as less important or authoritative than Paul's undisputed letters and are less
important for understanding how Paul thought
Why does the authorship of letters matter? - Answer-it becomes significant when defining the historical
contexts the letters intended to address and how the letters are interpreted
What are the primary sources for studying Paul's life and thought? - Answer-his undisputed letters
What are the limitations of the primarysources for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? - Answer-his
letters are directed to specific occasions so the audience only reads about topics that needed to be
addressed
What are the secondarysources for studying Paul's life and thought? - Answer-- deutero-Pauline letters
- the book of Acts
- traditions from church history
What are the limitations of the deutero-Pauline letters for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? -
Answer-they are pseudepigraphical
What are the limitations of the book of Acts for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? - Answer-the
presentation of Paul is made by Luke's own priorities and concerns
How many of the 27 books of the New Testament claim to be written by Paul - Answer-13
Amanuensis - Answer-a secretary or trained scribe who writes letters for other people
What evidence is there that Paul used an amanuensis? - Answer-- Tertius is identified as the one who is
actually writing his letter to the Romans
- in several of his other letters, Paul specifies he is writing the concluding words himself which suggests
someone else wrote the rest
Pseudepigraphy - Answer-a false ascription
Pseudepigraphy in New Testament studies - Answer-applied to the practice of ancient authors
attributing their own writings to other people who had influenced their writing
Pauline Corpus - Answer-undisputed letters of Paul and deutero-Pauline letters
Undisputed letters of Paul - Answer-- all New Testament scholars believe they were actually written by
Paul
- Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon
, Deutero-Pauline letters - Answer-- letters that are ascribed to Paul but are believed to be written after
Paul's death by someone who felt qualified to address the church in Paul's name
- Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus
What "problem" might one have using the deutero-Pauline to reconstruct Paul's thinking? - Answer-
these letters are viewed as less important or authoritative than Paul's undisputed letters and are less
important for understanding how Paul thought
Why does the authorship of letters matter? - Answer-it becomes significant when defining the historical
contexts the letters intended to address and how the letters are interpreted
What are the primary sources for studying Paul's life and thought? - Answer-his undisputed letters
What are the limitations of the primarysources for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? - Answer-his
letters are directed to specific occasions so the audience only reads about topics that needed to be
addressed
What are the secondarysources for studying Paul's life and thought? - Answer-- deutero-Pauline letters
- the book of Acts
- traditions from church history
What are the limitations of the deutero-Pauline letters for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? -
Answer-they are pseudepigraphical
What are the limitations of the book of Acts for reconstructing Paul's life and thought? - Answer-the
presentation of Paul is made by Luke's own priorities and concerns
