Questions tagged [pseudepigrapha]

Falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past.

Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past. In biblical studies, the term pseudepigrapha can refer to an assorted collection of Jewish religious works thought to be written c. 300 BCE to 300 CE.

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How are scholars making use of forensic linguistics to determine fraudulent letters in the N.T. Canon?

In Wikipedia there is an article on Forensic linguistics that notes: Forensic linguistics includes attempts to identify whether a person produced a given text by comparing the style of the text with the idiolect of the individual in question. The…
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