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In Re-examining Paul's Letters, Reicke argues that the emphasis of the deutero-Paulines did not represent known theological concerns of the period 70-100 C.E. He also demonstrates that current theories in New Testament scholarship do not explain the wealth of details found in either the 'undisputed' or deutero-Pauline letters. Details, such as the names of colleagues and Christian aquaintances, and a host of greetings, would simply be nonsense to people of a later generation, but would make perfectly good sense if written by Paul or one of his associates. Reicke develops the notion of a Pauline school that takes full account of the diversity, versatility, and adaptability of Paul's colleagues and the variety of styles and sub-genres they produced.
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