Corpus-Paul

[Jeff Peterson <peterson AT mail.austingrad.edu>]

Title: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Third heaven

At 11:28 AM -0600 1/8/03, Mark Goodacre wrote:

> Another question on 2 Cor. 12.  Is
> there anyone (reputable) who
> identifies the experience Paul speaks about here, 14 years ago,
> with
> his call/conversion?  I reckon it'd be difficult to
> squeeze
> everything from Paul's call to the
> writing of 2 Cor. into 14 years,
> but I'd be interested if anyone has made
> the identification.

While not going all the way back to Damascus, Christopher Morray-Jones makes an interesting case for identifying the 2 Cor 12 vision with the one recounted in Acts 22:17-21. It's in the 1993 HTR, a two-part article on Hekhalot literature and Paul, with pp. 265-292 focusing on 2 Cor.

Jeff