Is Paul an Alter Christus for marcionites, too?
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:43 am
I read in Adamczewski's commentary on Gospel of Mark
http://www.amazon.com/The-Gospel-Mark-H ... 3631647158
that 'Mark' created his Jesus basing on life & predication of Paul the apostle (as described in Galatians, 1 Cor and Philippians).
Paul would be the historical mirror in which is reflected the true face of Christ Jesus (beyond if historical or mythical), so to write midrashically about Paul would be equivalent to writing about Jesus, according to the author of Mark. For this the Jesus of Mark is strongly paulinized.
This, in short, how I see the work of this catholic priest and scholar (that really, to be historicist, needs an authentic - in his original form - Testimonium Flavianum, sic).
I ask this question: if the 'Paulines' by definition were the Marcionites (beyond whether they invented Paul or simply remembered him), would not have they a greater reason to write a Non-Life of Jesus on Earth in the only way they could experience it: through the allegorical reflection of the only true apostle, Paul?
In this view, for example, ''Capernaum of Galilee'' (that appears at beginning in Mcn) would be the allegory of Damascus in Syria, where Paul goes once put apart by special revelation of 'his Son in me'.
The Paul's opponents would become the scribes & pharisees, a view similar to Stuart's view that Jesus's opponents would be the same proto-catholics in Mcn.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Gospel-Mark-H ... 3631647158
that 'Mark' created his Jesus basing on life & predication of Paul the apostle (as described in Galatians, 1 Cor and Philippians).
Paul would be the historical mirror in which is reflected the true face of Christ Jesus (beyond if historical or mythical), so to write midrashically about Paul would be equivalent to writing about Jesus, according to the author of Mark. For this the Jesus of Mark is strongly paulinized.
This, in short, how I see the work of this catholic priest and scholar (that really, to be historicist, needs an authentic - in his original form - Testimonium Flavianum, sic).
I ask this question: if the 'Paulines' by definition were the Marcionites (beyond whether they invented Paul or simply remembered him), would not have they a greater reason to write a Non-Life of Jesus on Earth in the only way they could experience it: through the allegorical reflection of the only true apostle, Paul?
In this view, for example, ''Capernaum of Galilee'' (that appears at beginning in Mcn) would be the allegory of Damascus in Syria, where Paul goes once put apart by special revelation of 'his Son in me'.
The Paul's opponents would become the scribes & pharisees, a view similar to Stuart's view that Jesus's opponents would be the same proto-catholics in Mcn.