Corpus-Paul

["Mark Goodacre" <M.S.GOODACRE AT bham.ac.uk>]

On 15 Apr 99 at 10:33, atombomb AT sirius.com wrote:

> what does Goulder make of this: "Hebrews, are they? So am I.
> Israelites? So am I.... Servants of Christ?I must be made to say this,
> but so am I, and more than they.... Must I go on boasting...? I will
> come to visions and revelations.... In view of the extraordinary
> nature of these revelations, to stop me from getting too proud, I was
> given a thorn in the flesh...".

He attempts to distinguish between OPTASIA and APOKALUYEIS. Paul acknowledges 
that "the man in Christ" had a "vision" but speaks of his own experiences 
always with APOKALUYIS (v. 7; cf. Gal. 1.12 etc.).  But I don't want to 
summarise the whole argument -- I am afraid that you will have to read the 
article.

Mark Goodacre
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