圣经研究/新约注释/哥林多前书/使徒保罗
大多数学者认为保罗的书信是第一批产生的新约文献。它们是最早幸存的基督教文献。他最早的书信大约写于公元50年。它可能是我们所说的帖撒罗尼迦前书，尽管一些学者认为加拉太书是最早的。保罗写成的最后一封书信可能早于其他最早的新约书信。
新约二十七本书中有十三本以保罗的名字命名：罗马书；哥林多前书和后书；加拉太书；以弗所书；腓立比书；歌罗西书；帖撒罗尼迦前书和后书；提摩太前书和后书；提多书；和腓利门书。在当代的学术研究中，对传统上归于保罗的九封书信的严格保罗作者身份提出了挑战。
Authentic: Romans; 1 & 2 Corinthians; Galatians; Philippians; 1 Thessalonians; Philemon Debated: 2 Thessalonians; Colossians; Ephesians Doubted: 1 & 2 Timothy; Titus Denied: Hebrews
作者身份的复杂性
Amanuenses, scribes, or secretaries (see Rom 16:22) Cosenders Quotations Accepted cultural practice of “pseudonymity” Redaction or editing of the collection
传记概述
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
外部参考点，可能可以用来确定保罗一生中可追溯日期的人物/事件（源于使徒行传和他的书信）
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)