One of the rather few passages in the Bible that are poetic and beautifully written is in 1 Cor 13, where Paul writes about love.
My question is: If now Paul had this poetic skill, why did he not use it more often in his letters? (He must have been aware of the Power of Beautiful wording, wording that catches the minds and hearts and that is easy to remember. )
You’re the first (besides myself) I’ve seen question this flowery chapter – the “love chapter”. My private theory is that it was written by a well-educated female TO Paul, and he included it in his epistle to the Corinth group. Consider he LIVED with, worked with, and taught Priscilla and Aquila for eleven months. I attribute that passage to Priscilla.
There are terms in that chapter not found in any other writings attributed to Paul. I’m surprised linguists haven’t spoken of this (particularly our “own” Bart)!
Following Stephen’s lead, but without a proper license, I went in search of bots and stumbled upon this.
Although I wouldn’t go so far to say this is the only thing that Paul wrote that I remember, it might be the only thing that still resonates with me; some of the English translations are exquisite. Robert, does the Koine read equally well?
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