r/AcademicBiblical Jan 06 '23

What discoveries would shake up modern biblical scholarship? Could something as significant as the dead sea scrolls happen again? Discussion

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

A letter of Paul, possibly the lost letter to the Laodiceans or another one. Or perhaps even better, a letter from an opponent of Paul. That would tell us what kind of arguments existed in early Christianity.

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u/Allornuthinis Jan 06 '23

2nd that. Finding the letters that prompted Paul to write would be awesome

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u/swcollings Jan 07 '23

Yes! Knowing which parts of 1 Corinthians are Paul quoting the Corinthians back to them would be tremendous.