Editing Paul the Apostle (section)

=== Date ===
Paul's authentic letters are roughly dated to the years surrounding the mid-1st century. Placing Paul in this time period is done on the basis of his reported conflicts with other early contemporary figures in the Jesus movement including James and Peter,{{sfn|Wiley|2002|p=21}} the references to Paul and his letters by [[Clement of Rome]] writing in the late 1st century,{{sfn|Donaldson|2010|p=53}} his reported issues in Damascus from 2 Corinthians 11:32 which he says took place while [[Aretas IV Philopatris|King Aretas IV]] was in power,{{sfn|Donaldson|2010|p=39}} a possible reference to [[Erastus of Corinth]] in Romans 16:23,{{sfn|Bitner|2015|p=268}} his reference to preaching in the province of [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]] (which dissolved in 80 AD),{{sfn|Andria|2012|p=271}} the lack of any references to the Gospels indicating a pre-war time period, the chronology in the Acts of the Apostles placing Paul in this time, and the dependence on Paul's letters by other 1st-century pseudo-Pauline epistles.{{sfn|Dunn|2010|pp=170–71}}