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  • From: JERRY SUMNEY <JSUMNEY AT LEXTHEO.EDU>
  • To: 'Corpus-paul' <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Jesus and death
  • Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:09:11 -0400


Dave Hindley noted the scarcity of references to pre-existence for Christ in
Paul (I think by you 3 times you meant in the Pauline Corpus, not the whole
NT)and commented that there might be a gnostic sort of viewpoint reflected
in those passages. However, note Charles Talbert, "Myth of a
descending-ascending redeemer myth in Mediterranean antiquity," _NTS_ 22
(1976): 418-40 for evidence that the idea of a pre-existent descending and
ascending redeemer figure appears outside a gnostic framework.

Jerry

Jerry L. Sumney
Lexington Theological Seminary
631 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(606) 252-0361
jsumney AT lextheo.edu






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