Did Paul write one of the Gospels and many letters?

Answer 1

Paul did not write one of the gospels. In fact the New Testament gospels seem to differ theologically from what Paul taught. He says that he went to Jerusalem to tell the brethren there of the gospel he taught to the gentiles. Clearly he knew there were real differences between the gospel he taught and that of the Jerusalem church.

Thirteen epistles or letters are attributed to Paul, and scholars are more or less in agreement that he actually wrote seven of them: 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Philemonand Romans. A.Q. Morton goes further, having carried out a computer analysis of the epistles attributed to Paul and found that only Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Philemon contain exactly the same writing style as Galatians, leaving some room for doubt regarding 1 Thessalonians and Philippians. Other epistles traditionally attributed to Paul, but now regarded as pseudo-Pauline are: are 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus.