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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Questions for Paul
  • Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 15:03:39 -0500

At 02:00 PM 1/3/04 -0600, you wrote:

>
>I think I've been misunderstood. The Paul I had in mind as available for
>questioning is one like Achilles or Agamemnon in the Odyssey -- that is to
>say,
>one totally unaware of events that have transpired after his demise or in his
>name. The Paul I have in mind is one who is days away from his death at the
>hands of Nero's executioner. So he would not be able to answer questions #s
>3-5 and he would find question #2 far too vague. I suspect, too, he'd ask
>regarding your question # 1 what you meant by "pastoral" things.
>

Sorry- I was taking your statement:
c) he had agreed to answer anything about himself, his career, his
beliefs, and his writings about which we might be inclined to inquire,.

at face value.

Jim
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