AUTHOR
AUTHOR
Paul is identified as the author in the opening verses of both epistles, and few have contested the claim. In the case of 2 Corinthians, various partition theories have been proposed (discussed below). In most such theories, the various sections are nevertheless ascribed to Paul. The most persistent exception is 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; a number of scholars judge this unit to be a later interpolation written, perhaps, by someone in the Pauline school. The theory can be tested only by jointly weighing the corresponding reconstructions of Paul’s relationships with the Corinthian church and the literary evidence advanced to justify this partition. These matters will be treated shortly.