The Amanuensis Hypothesis in New Testament Scholarship: Its Origin, Evidential Basis, and Application

For centuries, the authorship claims of certain New Testament epistles have been defended by postulating the use of a secretary. According to the amanuensis hypothesis, secretaries in the Greco-Roman world were afforded varying degrees of compositional freedom during the letter-writing process. Prop...

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主要作者: Williams, Travis B. 1980- (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Sage 2023
In: Currents in biblical research
Year: 2023, 卷: 22, 發布: 1, Pages: 7-82
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 作者身份 / 假說 / Bibel. Katholische Briefe / Bibel. Kolosserbrief / Bibel. Epheserbrief / Bibel. Pastoralbriefe / Paulus, Apostel, Heiliger / Pseudepigraphie / 抄寫員 / 秘書 / 文体学
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Scribe
B Pseudonymity
B Letter
B Pastoral Epistles
B secretary
B Ephesians
B Catholic Epistles
B Authorship
B Colossians
B amanuensis
B Stylistics
B Paul
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總結:For centuries, the authorship claims of certain New Testament epistles have been defended by postulating the use of a secretary. According to the amanuensis hypothesis, secretaries in the Greco-Roman world were afforded varying degrees of compositional freedom during the letter-writing process. Proponents of this view maintain that such a consideration invalidates the practice of making authenticity judgments based on the style or even content of a given letter. To better understand the merits and limitations of the amanuensis hypothesis, this article outlines its earliest formulations, traces the development of its evidential basis, and examines the various ways it has been applied within modern authorship debates.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contains:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X231210004