Corpus-Paul

[JERRY SUMNEY <JSUMNEY AT LEXTHEO.EDU>]

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
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