Paul and Pseudepigraphy (Pauline Studies, Book 8)

PREFACE

This eighth volume in the series, Pauline Studies, is on Paul and pseude-

pigraphy—in general, within the New Testament, and outside the New

Testament. The seven previous volumes are: The Pauline Canon, ed.

Stanley E. Porter (PAST 1; Leiden: brill, 2004), Paul and His Opponents,

ed. Stanley E. Porter (PAST 2; Leiden: brill, 2005), Paul and His Theology, ed.

Stanley E. Porter (PAST 3; Leiden: brill, 2006), Paul’s World, ed. Stanley E.

Porter (PAST 4; Leiden: brill, 2008), Paul: Jew, Greek, and Roman, ed. Stan-

ley E. Porter (PAST 5; Leiden: brill, 2008), Paul and the Ancient Letter Form,

ed. Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams (PAST 6; Leiden: brill, 2010), and

Paul and His Social Relations, ed. Stanley E. Porter and Christopher D.

Land (PAST 7; Leiden: brill, 2012). This series continues to grow, and we

are well into the second set of five volumes in the series of what is, at

least for the time being, scheduled to be ten volumes. We are already in

the discussion stage for a further five volumes (to bring the series total to

fifteen volumes). The number of different contributors to these volumes

also continues to grow, and i would again like to welcome any previous

contributors and invite any new contributors to offer essays to any and

all of the remaining volumes that have now moved into development.

They are listed below. As i have previously done, i would like to express

my thanks to those who have found these volumes helpful. i thank those

who have made use of the first seven volumes (and let me know about it),

those who have given such favourable and encouraging reviews of these

volumes, and those who are continuing to use these volumes to aid in their

own research, writing, and teaching. Like its several predecessors, this vol-

ume brings together a number of different papers by scholars engaged

in discussion of the topic of Paul and the always problematic and con-

tentious issue of pseudepigraphy. One of the noteworthy features of this

volume is that the central notion of Pauline pseudepigraphy has provided

the impetus for essays that reach beyond the New Testament, to such

diverse people and places as Hebrews, the Epistle to the Laodiceans, Sen-

eca, and Nag Hammadi. Of course, the topics one would normally expect

in a volume on Pauline pseudepigraphy are also to be found—although

with some new and different dimensions that promise to test traditional

opinion and move discussion forward. As in the previous volumes, some

of the major questions regarding Paul are raised in this volume, this time