The obvious problem with this paul shit is that, as Tabor says, 4 'pauls' have been identified. Obviously 3 of them had to have been manufactured by later propagandists to make a point which must have seemed dreadfully important to them at the time but is now largely horseshit.
The thing is, there is no more reason to assume that the first paul is any more real than the others. After all, if xtianity can take off with a made-up jesus it sure as shit doesn't need a real "paul."
Which is what Van Manen is trying to say.
The thing is, there is no more reason to assume that the first paul is any more real than the others. After all, if xtianity can take off with a made-up jesus it sure as shit doesn't need a real "paul."
Which is what Van Manen is trying to say.
