聖經研究/新約註釋/哥林多前書/使徒保羅
大多數學者認為保羅的書信是第一批產生的新約文獻。它們是最早倖存的基督教文獻。他最早的書信大約寫於公元50年。它可能是我們所說的帖撒羅尼迦前書，儘管一些學者認為加拉太書是最早的。保羅寫成的最後一封書信可能早於其他最早的新約書信。
新約二十七本書中有十三本以保羅的名字命名：羅馬書；哥林多前書和後書；加拉太書；以弗所書；腓立比書；歌羅西書；帖撒羅尼迦前書和後書；提摩太前書和後書；提多書；和腓利門書。在當代的學術研究中，對傳統上歸於保羅的九封書信的嚴格保羅作者身份提出了挑戰。
Authentic: Romans; 1 & 2 Corinthians; Galatians; Philippians; 1 Thessalonians; Philemon Debated: 2 Thessalonians; Colossians; Ephesians Doubted: 1 & 2 Timothy; Titus Denied: Hebrews
作者身份的複雜性
Amanuenses, scribes, or secretaries (see Rom 16:22) Cosenders Quotations Accepted cultural practice of “pseudonymity” Redaction or editing of the collection
傳記概述
Names: Saul: Jewish Paul: Greco-Roman Ancestry: Benjamite Religiously Orthodox: Pharisee Diaspora Jew: Tarsus of Cilicia Roman citizen by birth Education: Greco-Roman rhetorical Jewish-Rabbinic Languages of Paul: Greek (all of his letters) Aramaic (used in Jerusalem) Hebrew (some OT quotations) Latin (implied by ministry in Illyricum and plans to evangelize in Spain) Persecutor of Christians Conversion / Call to Preach Jesus as the Christ on the Road to Damascus (Syria) ca. A.D. 33 Apostolic Career: Missionary Preacher in the northeastern Mediterranean world Planting Churches in Asia Minor and Greece Writing Letters Journey to Rome as a prisoner Death: Tradition: by orders of Nero ca. A.D. 64-67
外部參考點，可能可以用來確定保羅一生中可追溯日期的人物/事件（源於使徒行傳和他的書信）
Gamaliel (Acts 22:3; 5:34) Crucifixion of Jesus High Priest: Annas (Acts 4:6; 9:1) Stoning of Stephen (Acts 6:1—8:1) Nabatean King of Damascus: Aretas (2 Cor 11:32) Roman Emperor: Claudius (Acts 11:28; 18:2) Proconsul of Achaia: Gallio (L. Junius Gallio – Acts 18:12-17) Divine wrath on Judea (1 Thess. 2:14-16) High Priest: Ananias (Acts 23:2; 24:1) Governors (Procurators of Judea): Felix (Acts 23:24—25:14; 24:27) Festus (Acts 24:27—26:32) Jewish King: Herod (Herod Agrippa I – Acts 12:1, 6, 11, 19, 20, 21) Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II – Acts 25:13-26:32) Proconsul of Cyprus: Sergius Paulus (Acts 13:7) Publius of Malta (Acts 28:7) Caesar (Nero – Acts 25:8—28:19)