Are the Letters of Paul as they appear in modern Bibles the same as the letters that Paul sent to churches in the first century? It may seem like an odd question, but many New Testament scholars believe that several of Paul’s letters are actually composite—that is, they are made up from parts of shorter letters that were sent on different occasions and only combined at some later point. At one time or another over the past few centuries, nearly all of Paul’s letters have been subject to such “partition theories,” but it is 2 Corinthians that is most often […]
