TABLE,

Exhibiting, in chronological order, the Places where, and the Times when, the Books of the New Testament were written, according to Dr. Lardner.

The dates of several of the Epistles have been much controverted. According to Dr. Lardner, the Second Epistle to Timothy was written by Paul, during his first imprisonment at Rome; but Michaelis, Rosenmüller, Macknight, Paley, and other judicious critics, maintain that it was writ

ten during the apostle's second imprisonment, and but little before he suffered martyrdom.

Many learned critics suppose that the First Epistle to Timothy, and the Epistle to Titus, were written as late as the year 64 or 65.

Thirteen of the Epistles were avowedly written by St. Paul; but the Epistle to the Hebrews, which is ascribed to him by Dr. Lardner, is anonymous, and the question_re specting the author of it has been much controverted. The prevailing opinion, however, in the Christian church, has been, that it was written by Paul; and this opinion is supported by a majority of modern critics.

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