Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 10:34 AM 4/16/99 -0700, you wrote:

>Smith. In an article in the _Eranos Jahrbuch_ in the 1980s, Smith argued
>that Paul's "man in Christ" is in fact Jesus himself -- part of Smith's
>thesis that Jesus' experience of ascent to the heavens was a formative
>influence on early Christian devotion. (Don't have the citation handy but
>can get it for anyone interested.)

"Ascent to the Heavens and the Beginning of Christianity" Eranos 50 (1981)
403-429,  reprinted in "Studies in the Cult of Yahweh" vol 2, p. 47-67, ed.
S. Cohen (EJ Brill).


best,

jim

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