From Apostle to Heretic? The Secret Story of Paul’s Letters Exposed!

What if the earliest Pauline collection wasn’t the 14 letters we know, but a shorter 10-letter corpus that later editors expanded and reshaped—alongside Acts—to create the “Paul” of the New Testament? Derek sits down with Dr. Markus Vinzent to discuss his forthcoming book, From Paul to Saul: Two Collections of Pauline Letters in the 2nd Century (with Mark G. Bilby, Jack Bull, and Kevin Lance Lotharp). Dr. Vinzent argues that Marcion’s mid-2nd-century 10-letter collection predates the canonical 14, and that two waves of canonical redaction (likely in circles linked with Polycarp and Irenaeus) expanded, reordered, and harmonized the letters—crafting a later, more theological “Saul/Paul” profile. We’ll explore how this model reframes authorship, authenticity, and the relationship between Paul’s letters and Acts, and why this matters for reconstructing earliest Christianity. Subscribe to Dr. Vinzent's YouTube channel @Patristica Grab the new book Apostolos Reader's Edition: Greek-English - https://amzn.to/4lQzPbQ As well as tje english only version - https://amzn.to/3VqDQZQ Grab his books on Amazon here - https://amzn.to/4ltJR2s What you’ll learn Two competing Pauline collections: the precanonical *10 vs. the canonical 14—and why order and length matter. Stages of redaction: from a leaner Pauline voice to a harmonized, expanded corpus (plus the Pastorals & Hebrews). Acts + Letters as a package: how Acts frames the later Paul and eclipses earlier profiles. Data-driven reconstruction: what the new Greek rebuild of the *10-letter collection reveals. #Mythical #JesusMythTheory #HistoricalJesus #JesusDebate #BiblicalCriticism #ReligiousHistory #JesusMyth #ChristMythTheory #Skepticism #SecularScholarship #CriticalThinking #AtheistPerspective #FaithVsFact #BeliefQuestions #HistoricalJesus #ApocalypticProphet #Eschatology #BiblicalStudies #NewTestament #MythVision #MythVision #JoshuaBowen #NewTestament #EarlyChristianity #PaulineLetters ============================ CONTACT ME Website: 👉 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/ Email MythVision: 👉 [email protected] Facebook Page: 👉 / mythvision Facebook Group: 👉 / thewaterboyzradio Twitter X: 👉 https://x.com/DerekPodcast - - @DerekPodcast TikTok: 👉 / mythvision Instagram: 👉 / dereklambert_7 Discord: 👉 / discord =========================== Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @mythvisiontv