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Correspondence of Paul and Seneca

The Correspondence of (or between) Paul and Seneca, also known as the Letters of Paul and Seneca or Epistle to Seneca the Younger, is a collection of letters claiming to be between Paul the Apostle and Seneca the Younger. There are 8 epistles from Seneca, and 6 replies from Paul. They were purportedly authored from 58–64 CE during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero, but appear to have actually been written in the middle of the fourth century (c. 320–380 CE). Until the Renaissance, the epistles were seen as genuine, but scholars began to critically examine them in the 15th century, and today they are held to be inauthentic forgeries.

Briones, David E.; Dodson, Joseph R. (2017). "Introduction". Paul and Seneca in Dialogue. Leiden: Brill. p. 1–21.  9789004341357.

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Elliott, James Keith (1993). The Apocryphal New Testament. Oxford University Press. p. 547–553.  0-19-826182-9.

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(2005). Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (Illustrated, Reprint ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780195182491.

Ehrman, Bart

(2012). Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics. Oxford University Press. p. 533–539. ISBN 9780199928033.

Ehrman, Bart

Hine, Harry M. (2017). "Seneca and Paul: The First Two Thousand Years". In Briones, David E.; Dodson, Joseph R. (eds.). Paul and Seneca in Dialogue. Leiden: Brill. p. 22–48. :10.1163/9789004341364_003. ISBN 9789004341364.

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(1965) [1964]. "The Apocryphal Correspondence Between Seneca and Paul". In Schneemelcher, Wilhelm (ed.). New Testament Apocrypha: Volume Two: Writings Relating to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects. Translated by Wilson, Robert McLachlan. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. p. 133–141.

Kurfess, Alfons

(1892). Dissertations on the Apostolic Age. Macmillan.

Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

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Der apokryphe Briefwechsel zwischen Seneca und Paulus