Corpus-Paul

["Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D." <smcginn AT jcu.edu>]

Ron Price wrote:

> There are at least three theological assertions about Jesus for which the 
> earliest
> testimony appears in Paul's letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thess 1:10):
> (1) Jesus is the "Son of God"
> (2) Jesus rose from the dead
> (3) Jesus is a spiritual saviour (the adjective here is to distinguish the 
> concept
> from that of Messiah)

Ron, you will note that, first of all, Paul's favorite title for Jesus is
Christos/Messiah.  Secondly, in 1 Th 1:10, Paul does NOT say that Jesus "rose 
from the
dead" but rather that he "was raised" (passive voice).  Thus, your last two 
points
actually are not found in 1 Thess and, in my view, are fundamentally distinct 
from the
"Pauline view."

Sheila McGinn
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