Despite ongoing debate concerning the authorship of many of its books, there is a consensus among modern scholars that at least some were written by a contemporary of Jesus, namely the epistles of Paul, parts of which are considered undisputed.
Meskipun ada perdebatan mengenai penulis banyak kitab, terdapat suatu konsensus di antara para sarjana modern bahwa setidaknya beberapa kitab ditulis oleh orang-orang yang hidup sezaman dengan Yesus, yaitu surat-surat dari Paulus, yang sejumlah bagiannya dianggap tak terbantahkan.