He regarded many books of the Old Testament as spurious, questioned the genuineness of the First and Second letters of Peter and the Epistle of Jude, denied the Pauline authorship of the First and Second letters to Timothy and to Titus.

Bruce Metzger writes, " Paul calls attention to his signature, which was added by his own hand as a token of genuineness to every letter of his ( 3: 17 ).

The genuineness of the last was attacked by Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff on account of the crudity of the language, which sometimes degenerates into doggerel.

There is some doubt about the genuineness of an ordinance attributed to Constantine, in which abstinence from public business was enforced for the seven days immediately preceding Easter Sunday, and also for the seven which followed it ; the Codex Theodosianus, however, is explicit in ordering that all actions at law should cease, and the doors of all courts of law be closed during those 15 days ( 1. ii.

The genuineness of this collection of the fables was generally admitted by scholars.

The first editor of the epistle, Hugo Menardus ( 1645 ) advocated the genuineness of its ascription to Barnabas, but the opinion today is that Barnabas was not the author.

The Kirk still doubted the genuineness of his abjuration and, on 10 December 1606, he was confined to Aberdeen ; on 19 March 1607 he was summoned before the privy council.

" While waiting for the head of the staff the hearing was adjourned ; it was arranged not to resume it that day, for in the interval the government, informed of the incident, had opposed the production of a document which brought the foreign embassies into the case, and of which Hanotaux, the minister for foreign affairs, warned by the Italian ambassador, Tornielli, suspected the genuineness.

Res Publica Party () was a political party in Estonia that self-identified as conservative and therefore member of IDU, but considering its vague platform for 2003 election, the genuineness of this ideology is disputed.

It was generally believed that, even granting their genuineness, no useful purpose would be served by investigating them.

In 1865 their genuineness was impugned by Herman Merivale in the Fortnightly Review ; but it was vindicated on grounds of internal evidence by James Gairdner in the same periodical ; and within a year Gairdner's contention was established by the discovery of the originals of Fenn's fifth volume, together with other letters and papers, by William Frere's son, Philip Frere, in his house at Dungate, near Balsham, Cambridgeshire.

His claims for genuineness and truth were based on the overwhelming evidence of characteristics revealed in his study of child art ... From 1946 until his death in 1968 he was president of the Society for Education in Art ( SEA ), the renamed ATG, in which capacity he had a platform for addressing UNESCO ... On the basis of such representation Read, with others, succeeded in establishing the International Society for Education through Art ( INSEA )

He denied the genuineness of most ancient works of art, coins and inscriptions, and declared that the New Testament was originally written in Latin.

Great doubt, however, was felt as to their genuineness, and Dobrovský, by pronouncing the latter manuscript ( also known as The Judgment of Libuše ), to be an obvious fraud, confirmed the suspicion.

A specimen of the language appears written round the edge of a picture on a patera, the genuineness of which is established by the fact that the words were written before the glaze was put on: " foied vino pipafo, cra carefo ," i. e. in Latin hodie vinum bibam, cras carebo ' today I will drink wine ; tomorrow I won't have any ' ( R. S. Conway, Italic Dialects, p. 312, b ).

During the Middle Ages, there was little doubt as to the genuineness of the alleged papal letters, but this changed during the fifteenth century.

The inscription scratched on the body of an Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos shows agentilicium, Numasiana, which provides confirmation of the genuineness of the name Numasioi on the Fibula Prenestina, often regarded as suspicious by the supporters of the theory that it was a forgery.

Once the genuineness of God's abrogation of His own commandments was accepted, the fact that no intelligible pattern underlay His sequence of actions was taken as indicative of important facts about the nature of the Creator, as well as the proper duties of His creatures.

Again quoting the Cambridge History, " With all the realism of his situations, with all the genuineness of his characters, he was rather a producer of plays for a particular theatrical troupe than a writer of drama.

She was subjected to many trials to prove the genuineness of her vocation.

The apologetic character of Justin's habit of thought appears again in the Acts of his martyrdom, the genuineness of which is attested by internal evidence.

These are rejected as spurious by some critics, whilst the genuineness of the first two is admitted, rightly it would seem, by others.

The genuineness and relative chronology of his commentaries is proven by references in the latter to the earlier.

The genuineness of this work has been disputed by Zecharias Frankel ( in " Monatsschrift ," ii.

An edition published in Philadelphia in 1901 by David McKay ( later a publisher of comic books ) contains what is listed as a preface to the second edition of the work stating, " Concerning any genuineness of any portion of the work, the Editor has not offered an opinion, nor is it necessary that he should.

Josephus scholar Louis H. Feldman has stated that " few have doubted the genuineness " of Josephus ' reference to Jesus in Antiquities 20, 9, 1 and it is only disputed by a small number of scholars.

See Bourrienne et ses erreurs, volontaires et involontaires ( Paris, 1830 ), by Generals Belliard, Gourgaud, etc., for a discussion of the genuineness of his Memoirs ; also Napoleon et ses détracteurs, by Prince Napoleon ( Paris, 1887 ; Eng.

In 1862, he and his brother Hermenegild Jireček strove to defend the genuineness of the Königinhof Manuscript discovered by Václav Hanka.

In 1754 he published an Examination of the Letters said to have been written by Mary Queen of Scots, in which he prints and combats the genuineness of the " Casket letters.

It is a security measure to ensure the genuineness of stamps by making the paper clearly identifiable.

In this technique, therapists create a comfortable, non-judgmental environment by demonstrating congruence ( genuineness ), empathy, and unconditional positive regard toward their patients while using a non-directive approach.

Evidence in favor of the genuineness of the text came from a new Etruscan inscription of the Orientalizing period published by Massimo Poetto and Giulio Facchetti in 1999.

Immediately convinced of the genuineness of the sisters ' communications, they became early converts and introduced the young mediums to their circle of radical Quaker friends.

Immediately convinced of the genuineness of the phenomena, they helped to spread the word among their radical Quaker friends, who became the early core of Spiritualists.

* Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897: Epistle to the Galatians, commencing " The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question.

The genuineness of the Political Testament, published in his name at Lausanne in 1753, has been questioned.

The Committee, having completed such investigation of hypnotism as time permitted, have to report that they have satisfied themselves of the genuineness of the hypnotic state.

The Committee, having completed such investigation of hypnotism as time permitted, have to report that they have satisfied themselves of the genuineness of the hypnotic state.

Paul L. Maier states that most scholars agree with Feldman's assessment that " few have doubted the genuineness of this passage " Zvi Baras also states that most modern scholars consider the James passage to be authentic.

Adenauer and his cabinet were unanimous in their rejection of the Stalin overture ; they shared the Western Allies ' suspicion about the genuineness of that offer and supported the Allies in their cautious replies.

It is usually said that, at the synod which deposed Benedict V, Leo VIII conceded to the Emperor and his successors as sovereign of Italy full rights of investiture, but the genuineness of the document on which this allegation rests is more than doubtful.

As in real life, the story includes claims that copies were made, and there are disputes over the Scone's genuineness.

Various ecclesiastical works have been attributed to Zonaras — commentaries on the Fathers and the poems of Gregory of Nazianzus ; lives of Saints ; and a treatise on the Apostolical Canons — and there is no reason to doubt their genuineness.

The information concerning his parentage bears the stamp of genuineness, and disposes of a rival theory based upon a misinterpretation of Idyll 7 — which made him the son of one Simichus.

Hatzidakis focused on the economy of expression, the deep traditional roots and the genuineness of emotion displayed in rembetika, and exalted the likes of composers like Markos Vamvakaris and Vassilis Tsitsanis.

A struggle then arose between Raymond's supporters and the supporters of Bohemond, partly over the genuineness of the Lance, but mostly over the possession of Antioch.

To Calvin's keen glance Sozzini's over-speculative tendency and the genuineness of his religious nature were equally apparent.

Other philosophical writings were Commentatio in Platonis qui vulgo fertur Minoem ( 1806 ), and Philolaos des Pythagoreers Lehren nebst den Bruchstücken ( 1819 ), in which he endeavoured to show the genuineness of the fragments.

In 1871 he published a defence of the genuineness of the twelve last verses of the Gospel of Mark.