Corpus-Paul

[Craig S de Vos <csdevos AT trinity.unimelb.edu.au>]

Jeffrey Gibson wrote:
>I take it that what you mean by Paul not being an exorcist is that in his
>letters Paul
>never mentions his having engaged in that activity (nor does he ever there
>explicitly
>mention exorcisms themselves, for that matter) or ever presents himself
>within that
>role. But in Acts it's a different story. There, in Acts 16,  Paul *is*
>portrayed as
>engaging in exorcistic activity.  What, typically, is the explanation for
>this, I
>wonder? And is not Paul portrayed as an exorcist in some of the apocryphal
>acts as
>well?
>

Although, as Jeffrey points out, Paul nowhere refers to himself as an
exorcist, what are we to make of 2 Cor 12:(11b-)12? If Paul refers to
himself as one who performed SHMEIA KAI TERATA KAI DUNAMEIS, can we say so
categorically, as Graydon Snyder does, that Paul was not an exorcist?

Craig de Vos





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