(1) It is not erroneous, as he claims, to believe that the Gospels reflect a Pauline theologizing of the original Jesus message.(2) It is worthwhile to remember that Luther's favorite book of the Bible was not a Pauline epistle, but the Gospel of John.(3) How many Pauline epistles did Paul really write?(4) Two parts of the existing Pauline correspondence, Galatians 2-4 and Romans 3-4, are dominated by this concept.(5) Against conventional Pauline study, he returns to Augustine as a Pauline interpreter.
