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  • On the Origin of the Pastorals' Authenticity Criticism: A ‘New’ Perspective*

  • Jermo Van Nes
  • Journal:
    New Testament Studies / Volume 62 / Issue 2 / April 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 February 2016, pp. 315-320
    Print publication:
    April 2016

  • It is generally agreed among contemporary scholars that the modern critique of the authorship claim of the New Testament letters addressed to Timothy and Titus originated in early nineteenth-century Germany with the studies of Schmidt and Schleiermacher on 1 Timothy. However, a late eighteenth-century study by the British clergyman Edward Evanson challenges this consensus as it proves Titus to have been suspect of pseudonymity before. This ‘new’ perspective found in Evanson's neglected source also nuances the common assumption that from its very beginnings the critical campaign against the letters' authenticity was mainly driven by linguistic considerations.