Who REALLY Wrote the Letters of Paul? (New Testament)

Thirteen books of the Christian New Testament claim to be written by the Apostle Paul. But, who actually wrote them, and how do we know? Let’s find out together…

NOTE - The Greek words used on-screen as visuals are for illustrative purpose only. While I have reason to believe they are relevant, as a non-Greek speaker I was relying on computer-assisted translation and analysis for the graphics.

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[ProphetofZod]

Looking back at my years spent in church, it’s amazing that there’s this huge culture of people who fawn over passages from these letters without any literary understanding of them. Thank you for making videos like these.

[longcastle]

Just for the record, I personally don’t mind at all the time between videos, especially when this kind of thoroughly researched content is the end result. Fantastic episode!

[markrothenbuhler]

I'm glad to see this authentic video of Paulogia, and not a version of pseudo-Paulogia.

[dougt]

The reason Jesus didn't choose Paul as a disciple during his earthly existence is because he knew Paul would just be god-splaining to him the whole time.

[malirk]

Inspiring Philosophy will find out that Paul made an error on a date by two weeks in this video and do a three hour stream about it.

[ryandaly]

hey paul, been struggling with faith going back and forth, your videos are nothing short of well researched and put together. Thank you for that

[GodlessGranny]

I was ready to comment that you missed the biggest theological issue w/ these being forgeries, but you saved it for the end. You hit the nail on the head. What you describe at the end, was me. As a believer, I refused to look at anything that denied the inerrancy of the Bible. Since it didn't have truth as it's foundation, or so I thought, it wasn't worth looking at. Which is why when I stopped believing, I had 4 decades of science to catch up on.

[michaelsbeverly]

3:58 What's even stranger, to me, is that when JK Rowling wrote in an unrelated adult genre, crime, under a male pseudonym, Robert Galbraith (with a backstory of a being a former police), she was still discovered to be the author.

[brianhurd]

This is excellent quality - For such a heavy presentation you've kept things extremely concise and maintain a strong focus on relevance and impact. Wonderful work, sir.

[Bys_cniht]

Hey Paulogia! I notice this video is pretty recent so I wanted to say as a Christian I really value what you’re doing here. I’m not committed to any dogmas that disallow me to critically engage with biblical scholarship and when it comes to your content I really appreciate your objectivity! Also, you’re not disrespectful and you don’t talk down to religious people you disagree with. Much appreciated! ❤

[billcook]

Surprisingly, they all were written by a guy named Paul. Just not *that* Paul.

[DobermanPharaoh]

One of my favorite things about Paulogia is the lack of filler stories, reiterating, and time wasting. The content is concise, clear, and presented as an intellectual persuit.

[garycpriestley]

The production value of this video, especially the animations, is so good. A really entertaining and educational vid.

[joshuaswart]

Aw yeah! I was just rewatching the video on the gospels earlier today, sad that there hasn’t been a new Paulogia video in a while. These kinds of videos are so accessible for people who aren’t already familiar with the topic.

[MythVisionPodcast]

This was a very fun video presentation for doubting all the pauline letters in the NT were written by Paul. ❤❤❤

[lisaboban]

"Tradition" is an interesting argument.
It is important to remember that for centuries, scholars could not challenge the authorship of any NT books for fear of sanction, imprisonment, or even death. So to say that "Tradition" is an endorsement of the accepted authorship is silly.

[susansteinkraus]

What a fantastic lesson! I've listened to it twice already. Thanks!

[Roma]

25:09 Insane how you can just say “everything in here is true because I say so” and mostly everyone was just like “okie dokie” for hundreds of years 💀

[vassternich]

When Paul said "all scripture", would he not be referring to the old testament (tora or tanak?), since the new one has not been written yet???

[joeyking]

After listening to a recent interview with Dr. Mark Bilby. I have changed my viewpoint. From his computer analysis of Paul's letters and the Gospels, they were all written in stages by different authors. So it is difficult to place a timeline for the time these books were written.