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Originally Posted by Archaea
Authorship.
Are you of the opinion this letter is Pauline in origin or not?
I haven't reached a firm conclusion, but note it is broken into a theological discussion and faith affirming section. The problems I have determining authorship is my Greek is so bad, I can't tell if the writer appears similar to Paul, only written as some believe during his time in Rome, or after his death by an associate.
I guess it doesn't matter.
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I'm like you. I don't have the tools either to have a sharp opinion. I usually try get a sense for the scholarly distribution and go with that primarily (but not be a slave to it either). Reading it in English I can see why Pauline authorship is doubted but no-one should say something definitive based on just that.
I do think authorship is important if only because it shines a light on how we view and understand scripture.