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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most Biblical scholars will readily accept Paul's teachings to be in line with Jesus' teachings.  And when you say "dwindling number of literalists", does that mean that in your opinion most Christians don't accept Paul's teachings in the Bible?[/quote]

Some/many scholars argue that Jesus included women teachers among his apostles. For example, Mary Magdalene may have been one of these women teachers. There's a field of scholarship devoted to this, if you care to explore further. That would be one big difference between Jesus and Paul.

To address your question about Paul: many Christians, including a number here on DCUM, will tell you that they focus on Jesus' words in the Gospels, and give less weight to Paul and others.  Many see Paul as being divinely inspired. But Paul isn't Jesus, obviously. Saying that Paul is "in line with Jesus' teachings" on many things is different from saying that Paul speaks for Jesus on all things. Some Christians, a small minority, will tell you they think "Paul is appalling" and they don't see why it was necessary to include his letters in the New Testament.

Moreover, Paul is very much a person of his time. Paul saw his mission as spreading Christianity to a predominantly non-Christian Roman Empire.  Paul is very much focussed on things like, should converts to Christianity be circumcised, and he decides "no" in the context of his audience that is predominantly non-Jewish and non-Christian.  Paul was clearly working within the culture and traditions of his era. Jesus' teachings, by contrast, are pretty much timeless.
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