For those of you who believe there was a Paul (Saul) of Tarsus--any idea whether Paul's letters were written first on scrolls and copied to codices, or written first in codices? Just curious.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Many of Paul's letters are held to be later forgeries inserted in to the cannon during the Marcionite heresy.
LenHazell53
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May 16, 2020
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First of all Paul was very likely to have been a historical figure unlike most of the charactors in the new testiment. He is thought to have had a limited education judging from his primative writing style which is why we know that 6 of the 13 letters attributed to Paul were actually later forgeries.
He is thought to have had many of his letters writen for him. They would have been likley written on velum scrolls. Later, by many many years, copies of copies were then put into codices. While Christianity does like to take credit for innumerable things they did not do, the codices are actually attributed to the Christian movement. The reasons for this is unknown, but scholars believe that they simply found it easier to transport and edit one page at a time rather than a scroll that could be 8 ft. In length. So books as we know them today are actually of Christian orgin.
DavidLaDeau
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May 16, 2020
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article talking about the addition of the chapter and verse might help
Word
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May 16, 2020
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might be a reference to get more information.
Word
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May 16, 2020
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That was a time of transition, could have been either. But since they are letters and long ones at that, and if we take that literally, a big if, then perhaps not codices. The Romans used many writing media, including folded wooden cards, multiple ones of which could be used. Fail to see though why it is interesting.
Fernapple
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May 16, 2020
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It is good to know the orgins of the bible as it shows us how Christianity evolved. Its evolution is the key to understanding how the religion began, when it began and why it is not real.
History is interesting. Eventually the Christian church kept all their writings in codices, but it didn't start that way. In the mid-first century when Paul was writing, scrolls were expensive and used for important works. Codices, like tablets before them, were a cheaper way to take notes and keep a copy of your own work. There may be some hint into how Paul, and the early Church, saw his writings if we know what medium he used to write them on. From the letters themselves, it's clear he sees himself as an authoritative voice. Did his readers see Paul's words as holy, word of God scripture, though? This seems interesting to me.
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