By What Authority?

Description:

A six-part open-access series examining whether key passages in the Pauline letters were later interpolations, how those passages shaped Christian institutional authority, and how that authority later fed into sovereignty, hierarchy, and colonial legal structures. The series includes the main argument, full textual analysis, reconstructed Pauline letters, and a short introductory reading for people drawn to Christianity but uneasy about parts of the Bible.

subjects: Pauline letters,  New Testament,  textual criticism,  Marcion,  Marcionite canon,  interpolation,  Christianity,  biblical studies,  theology,  Doctrine of Discovery,  sovereignty,  colonialism,  Romans 13,  1 Corinthians 14,  Galatians,  Philemon

People: Paul the Apostle,  Marcion of Sinope,  Tertullian,  Irenaeus,  Bart Ehrman,  Jason BeDuhn

Places: Rome,  Jerusalem,  Galatia,  Corinth,  Thessalonica,  Australia,  United States,  Canada,  New Zealand,  Europe

Times: First century,  second century,  early Christianity,  Roman Empire,  medieval Europe,  colonial era,  modern period