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رسائل بولس Pauline epistles أو Epistles of Paul أو Letters of Paul، هي ثلاثة عشر سفراً في العهد الجديد تُنسب إلى بولس الرسول, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extant Christian documents. They provide an insight into the beliefs and controversies of early Christianity. As part of the canon of the New Testament, they are foundational texts for both Christian theology and ethics. The Epistle to the Hebrews, although it does not bear his name, was traditionally considered Pauline (although Origen, Tertullian and Hippolytus amongst others, questioned its authorship), but from the 16th century onwards opinion steadily moved against Pauline authorship and few scholars now ascribe it to Paul, mostly because it does not read like any of his other epistles in style and content.[1] Most scholars agree that Paul actually wrote seven of the Pauline epistles (Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Romans, Philemon, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians), but that three of the epistles in Paul's name are pseudepigraphic (First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus[2]) and that three other epistles are of questionable authorship (Second Thessalonians, Ephesians and Colossians).[2] According to some scholars, Paul wrote these letters with the help of a secretary, or amanuensis,[3] who would have influenced their style, if not their theological content.

The Pauline epistles are usually placed between the Acts of the Apostles and the Catholic epistles in modern editions. Most Greek manuscripts place the General epistles first,[4] and a few minuscules (175, 325, 336, and 1424) place the Pauline epistles at the end of the New Testament.

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الترتيب

In the order they appear in the New Testament, the Pauline epistles are:

Name Addressees Greek Latin Abbreviations
Full Min.
Romans Church at Rome Πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Epistola ad Romanos Rom Ro
First Corinthians Church at Corinth Πρὸς Κορινθίους Αʹ Epistola I ad Corinthios 1 Cor 1C
Second Corinthians Church at Corinth Πρὸς Κορινθίους Βʹ Epistola II ad Corinthios 2 Cor 2C
Galatians Church at Galatia Πρὸς Γαλάτας Epistola ad Galatas Gal G
Ephesians Church at Ephesus Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους Epistola ad Ephesios Eph E
Philippians Church at Philippi Πρὸς Φιλιππησίους Epistola ad Philippenses Phil Phi
Colossians Church at Colossae Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς Epistola ad Colossenses Col C
First Thessalonians Church at Thessalonica Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς Αʹ Epistola I ad Thessalonicenses 1 Thess 1Th
Second Thessalonians Church at Thessalonica Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς Βʹ Epistola II ad Thessalonicenses 2 Thess 2Th
First Timothy Saint Timothy Πρὸς Τιμόθεον Αʹ Epistola I ad Timotheum 1 Tim 1T
Second Timothy Saint Timothy Πρὸς Τιμόθεον Βʹ Epistola II ad Timotheum 2 Tim 2T
Titus Saint Titus Πρὸς Τίτον Epistola ad Titum Tit T
Philemon Saint Philemon Πρὸς Φιλήμονα Epistola ad Philemonem Philem P
Hebrews* Hebrew Christians Πρὸς Έβραίους Epistola ad Hebraeus Heb H

This ordering is remarkably consistent in the manuscript tradition, with very few deviations. The evident principle of organization is descending length of the Greek text, but keeping the four Pastoral epistles addressed to individuals in a separate final section. The only anomaly is that Galatians precedes the slightly longer Ephesians.[5]

In modern editions, the formally anonymous Epistle to the Hebrews is placed at the end of Paul's letters and before the General epistles. This practice was popularized through the 4th century Vulgate by Jerome, who was aware of ancient doubts about its authorship, and is also followed in most medieval Byzantine manuscripts with hardly any exceptions.[5]

The placement of Hebrews among the Pauline epistles is less consistent in the manuscripts:

  • between Romans and 1 Corinthians (i.e., in order by length without splitting the Epistles to the Corinthians): Papyrus 46 and minuscules 103, 455, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1994.
  • between 2 Corinthians and Galatians: minuscules 1930, 1978, and 2248
  • between Galatians and Ephesians: implied by the numbering in B. In B, Galatians ends and Ephesians begins on the same side of the same folio (page 1493); similarly 2 Thessalonians ends and Hebrews begins on the same side of the same folio (page 1512).[6]
  • between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy (i.e., before the Pastorals): א, A, B, C, H, I, P, 0150, 0151, and about 60 minuscules (e.g. 218, 632)
  • after Philemon: D, 048, E, K, L and the majority of minuscules.
  • omitted: F and G


الأصالة

Consensus dates
of Pauline epistles
■ Captivity letters
■ Pastoral letters (pseudoepigraphic)
36(31–36 AD: conversion of Paul)
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48Epistle to the Galatians
49
50First Epistle to the Thessalonians
51Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
52
53
54First Epistle to the Corinthians
55Second Epistle to the Corinthians
56
57Epistle to the Romans
58
59
60
61
62Epistle to the Philippians
Epistle to Philemon
Epistle to the Colossians
Epistle to the Ephesians
63
64First Epistle to Timothy
65Second Epistle to Timothy
66Epistle to Titus
67(64–67 AD: death of Paul)
المقالة الرئيسية: Authorship of the Pauline epistles and Pseudepigrapha

In all of these epistles except the Epistle to the Hebrews, the author and writer does claim to be Paul. The contested letters may have been written using Paul's name, as it was common to attribute at that point in history.[7]

Seven letters (with consensus dates)[8] considered genuine by most scholars:


The letters on which scholars are about evenly divided:[2]

The letters thought to be pseudepigraphic by many scholars (traditional dating given):[2]

Finally, Epistle to the Hebrews, though anonymous and not really in the form of a letter, has long been included among Paul's collected letters. Although some churches ascribe Hebrews to Paul,[9] neither most of Christianity nor modern scholarship do so.[2][10]

الرسائل المفقودة لبولس

Paul's own writings are sometimes thought to indicate several of his letters that have not been preserved:

  • A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth,[11] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9.[12]
  • A third epistle to Corinth, also called the Severe Letter, referenced at 2 Corinthians|2:4[13] and 2 Corinthians 7:8-9[14]
  • An earlier epistle to the Ephesians referenced at Ephesians 3:3-4[15]
  • A possible Pauline Epistle to the Laodiceans,[16] referenced at Colossians 4:26[17]

رسائل الأبوكريفا

للمزيد من المعلومات: منحول

Several other epistles were attributed to Paul during the course of history, but are now considered apocryphal:

الرسائل المجمعة

David Trobisch finds it likely that Paul first collected his letters for publication himself.[22] It was normal practice in Paul's time for letter-writers to keep one copy for themselves and send a second copy to the recipient(s); surviving collections of ancient letters sometimes originated from the senders' copies, other times from the recipients' copies.[23] A collection of Paul's letters circulated separately from other early Christian writings and later became part of the New Testament. When the canon was established, the gospels and Paul's letters were the core of what would become the New Testament.[22][صفحة مطلوبة]

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المراجع

  1. ^ The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, publ. Geoffrey Chapman, 1989, chapter 60, at p. 920, col. 2 "That Paul is neither directly nor indirectly the author is now the view of scholars almost without exception. For details, see Kümmel, I[ntroduction to the] N[ew] T[estament, Nashville, 1975] 392–94, 401–03"
  2. ^ أ ب ت ث ج New Testament Letter Structure, from Catholic Resources by Felix Just, S.J.
  3. ^ Richards, E. Randolph. Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection. Downers Grove, IL; Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press; Apollos, 2004.[صفحة مطلوبة]
  4. ^ Metzger, Bruce M. (1987). The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance (PDF). pp. 295–96. ISBN 0198261802. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-01.
  5. ^ أ ب Trobisch 1994, p. 1–27.
  6. ^ Digital Vatican Library (DigiVatLib), Manuscript – Vat.gr.1209
  7. ^ Joseph Barber Lightfoot in his Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians writes: "At this point [Gal 6:11] the apostle takes the pen from his amanuensis, and the concluding paragraph is written with his own hand. From the time when letters began to be forged in his name (2 Thess 2:2; 3:17) it seems to have been his practice to close with a few words in his own handwriting, as a precaution against such forgeries... In the present case he writes a whole paragraph, summing up the main lessons of the epistle in terse, eager, disjointed sentences. He writes it, too, in large, bold characters (Gr. pelikois grammasin), that his handwriting may reflect the energy and determination of his soul."
  8. ^ Robert Wall, New Interpreter's Bible Vol. X (Abingdon Press, 2002), pp. 373.
  9. ^ Arhipov, Sergei, ed. (1996). The Apostol. New Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press. p. 408. ISBN 1-878997-49-1.
  10. ^ Ellingworth, Paul (1993). The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eardmans Publishing Co. p. 3.
  11. ^ Also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2006-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) or Paul's previous Corinthian letter.[1]
  12. ^ 1 Corinthians 5:9
  13. ^ 2 Corinthians 2:4
  14. ^ 2 Corinthians 7:8–9
  15. ^ Ephesians 3:3–4
  16. ^ "Apologetics Press – Are There Lost Books of the Bible?". apologeticspress.org.
  17. ^ Colossians 4:16
  18. ^ Charlesworth, James H.; McDonald, Lee Martin (2014-04-24). Sacra Scriptura: How "Non-Canonical" Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (in الإنجليزية). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-29668-9.
  19. ^ Olshausen, Hermann (1851). Biblical Commentary on St. Paul's First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians (in الإنجليزية). T. & T. Clark.
  20. ^ أ ب ت Ehrman, Bart (2012). Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics. Oxford University Press. p. 452–458. ISBN 9780199928033.
  21. ^ "Letters of Paul and Seneca". www.earlychristianwritings.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  22. ^ أ ب Trobisch, David (1994). Paul's Letter Collection. Minneapolis: Fortress. ISBN 9780800625979.
  23. ^ Reece, Steve. Paul's Large Letters: Pauline Subscriptions in the Light of Ancient Epistolary Conventions. London: T&T Clark, 2016.[صفحة مطلوبة]

مصادر ببليوگرافية

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  • Bauckham, Richard J. "Pseudo-Apostolic Letters." Journal of Biblical Literature 107 (1988): 469–94.
  • Carson, D.A. "Pseudonymity and Pseudepigraphy." Dictionary of New Testament Background. Eds. Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000. 857–64.
  • Cousar, Charles B. The Letters of Paul. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.
  • Deissmann, G. Adolf. Bible Studies. Trans. Alexander Grieve. 1901. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1988.
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  • Haines-Eitzen, Kim. "‘Girls Trained in Beautiful Writing’: Female Scribes in Roman Antiquity and Early Christianity." Journal of Early Christian Studies 6.4 (1998): 629–46.
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