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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
There would be no logical fallacy if it were true that all but a very few doubted if it's authenticity, but I must nevertheless ask your forgiveness and admit to a bit of hyperbolic language in my earlier post. In truth, the authorship of Ephesians is still in dispute. What I should have said is that most critical scholars reject Pauline authorship. To quote Ehrman from the syllabus to his NT course, "With Ephesians, there is less debate. Most critical scholars are fairly persuaded that Paul did not write it." And again, "Was Ephesians written by Paul, then? There is still debate, but most critical scholars think not. If it was not written by Paul, then it was likely written by a follower after Paul’s death."
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According to the "Oxford Bible Commentary" (my personal favourite commentary), the consensus of scholarly opinion is that it was most likely written by a "second generation" follower of Paul.