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Study the authorship of one book in the bible.
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The Pastoral epistles are the letters of 1 Tim, 2 Tim, and Titus, which contain instructions and advice. These epistles are traditionally associated with the apostle Paul, however the authenticity of this authorship was brought into question in 1807 when scholars, such as Friedrich Schleiermacher and J.G. Eichhorn, began to point out the differences in style. Which suggested that Paul, was not in fact the author of the Pastoral Epistles. The Pastoral Epistles present a striking difference from the other epistles attributed to Paul. The epistles are addressed to Pauline delegates, giving instructions to them for when Paul is absent. These epistles present a very different authorial style than any other of Paul's epistles; this raises the question were the Pauline epistles written by Paul? The Deblius - Conzelmann commentary states that the language of 1 Tim, 2 Tim and Titus is a higher form of Hellenic Greek than the rest...
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