Extracanonical Accounts Regarding Paul's Teachings               RelSt 436
                                                                   R.Kraft
  
Things which the Apostle Paul Prophesied
"Joseppus, Hypomnestikon" # 148 (PG 106)
  
"As many as desire to live religiously (eusebws) will be 
persecuted [2 Tim 3.12]." 

And,
"The majority will not adhere to sound teaching [cf 2 Tim 4.3].
  _ws ouk anecontai ths ugious didaskalias oi polloi. 
But there will arise against the faith evil men and charlatans,
  _epanasthsontai de th pistei ponhroi anqrwpoi kai gohtes,
deceiving and being deceived [cf 2 Tim 3.13], 
  _planwntes kai planomenoi, [etc] 
having the form of religiousity but denying its power [2 Tim 3.5]."

And, 
"It is necessary that there will first be departure from the 
faith, and then will be revealed the son of wickedness, 
the antichrist [cf 2 Thess 2.3//2.8], whom the Lord will slay 
with the spirit/breath of his mouth, and destroy with the 
appearance of his glory [2 Thess 2.8]."
 
And,
"When the election (klhsews) of the gentiles has been completed, 
then Israel also will share in the election of salvation 
[cf Rom 11.25]."


  
Who was Paul? Extracanonical Accounts                            
Samaritan Chronicle 2 (ed. J. MacDonald) [Rylands MS 1142 Gaster Collection]
[dated to 1616 CE; combines two earlier sources; mainly about Jesus]
                                                                
[from "The Beginnings of Christianity According to the Samaritans," 
 Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes by John MacDonald, 
 Commentary by A. J. B. Higgins. NTS 18 (1971): 54-80.) 
  
  
... 
(22) When Jesus the Nazarene had disciples, he would send them to various 
towns or cities. (23) These disciples included [Simon/Peter, Andrew, James
and John of Zebedee, Matthew, Judas Ish Qeriyyot, Philip, Nathanael,
Nicodemus, Thomas, Mark and Luke.]  
  
(27) These were all the men who were Jesus' disciples. Now of these he
sent Peter to the Romans, and Andrew to the Ethiopians. (28) This Matthew 
who was with him wrote a gospel in the forty-first year after the execution 
of Jesus the Nazarene. He wrote it in the villiage of Yehudit. (29) He sent 
Thomas to Babylonia and he sent Philip to QRW'L and Africa. He sent Paul to 
Aelia [=? Jerusalem !] and its surrounding villiages. 
  
(30) Now this Paul was named Saul before he joined up with Jesus. 
He was born in Tarsus, one of the cities of Cilicia. It is stated 
concerning him that he belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, but he 
was really from the tribe of Judah. 
(31) To him (are ascribed) fourteen letters: The
1st he sent to the Romans, 58 years after the execution of Jesus the N. 
[2nd = Cor, 57;     3rd = Cor2, 58; 4th = Gal, 55;   5th = Eph, 63;]
[6th = Col, 63;     7th = Phlp, 62; 8th = Thess, 52; 9th = Thess2, 53;] 
[10th = Titus, 64; 11th = Tim, 63; 12th = Tim2, 64; 13th = Phlm, 62;] 
[14th = Heb, 65]
{{note the relative chronological sequence: 
1-2 Thess, Gal, 1-2 Cor/Rom, Phlp/Phlm, Eph/Col/1Tim, Titus/2Tim, Heb}} 
... 
(48) Luke pursued his profession as a physician in the cities of Antioch
and SBYWS. (49) Luke was a foreigner, a pagan; he was a disciple of Paul
from the time that he came to believe in Jesus the Nazarene. ...
... 
(100) The community of the Nazarenes possessed 35 gospels, apart from 
the four which have already been mentioned. They are held to be all 
false. Here are their titles [note item 33, not "Saint" Paul!]: 
_NL 
the 1st, the gospel-book of the Egyptians;
the 2nt, the gospel-book of the Birth of Mary, the good virgin
the 3rd, the gospel-book of Saint James (Jacob) the Chief/First 
the 4th, the gospel-book of the Infancy
the 5th, the gospel-book of Leucius and Seleucus
the 6th, the gospel-book of Saint Thomas
the 7th, the gospel-book of Truth
the 8th, the gospel-book of Judas, nicknamed Ish Qeriyyot
the 9th, the gospel-book of Nicodemus
the 10th, the gospel-book of the Eternal
the 11th, the gospel-book of James (Jacob) the Great (or 'Elder')
the 12th, the gospel-book of Saint Barnabas
the 13th, the gospel-book of Saint Philip
the 14th, the gospel-book of Life
the 15th, the [gospel-]book of Saint Andrew
the 16th, the gospel-book of Saint Bartholomew
the 17th, the gospel-book of Apellus
the 18th, the gospel-book of Valentinus
the 19th, the gospel-book of Saint Judas
the 20th, the gospel-book of Tatian (Tasinus), which is the gospel of the Encratites
the 21st, the gospel-book of the Syrians
the 22nd, the gospel-book of Basilides
the 23rd, the gospel-book of Cerinthus
the 24th, the gospel-book of the Hebrews
the 25th, the gospel-book of the Simonites
the 26th, the gospel-book of the Pleroma
the 27th, the gospel-book of Matthias
the 28th, the gospel-book of the Death of Mary the Virgin
the 29th, the gospel-book of Tatian (Tisanus)
the 30th, the gospel-book of Eve
the 31st, the gospel-book of the Gnostics
the 32nd, the gospel-book of Marcion
the 33rd, the gospel-book of Paul;
the 34th, the gospel-book of the Great and Little Questions of Mary
the 35th, the gospel-book of the Birth of Jesus the Nazarene.

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