Paul's Escape from Damascus (2 Cor 11.32–3) and the corona muralis
It has been often suggested that Paul's escape from Damascus (2 Cor 11.32-3) alludes to the corona muralis, a Roman military award originally given to the first soldier to surmount the enemy wall during a siege. This article evaluates this hypothesis, employing an extensive range of ancient ref...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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New Testament studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-187 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 2. 10,1-5
/ Bible. Corinthians 2. 11,32-33
/ Paul Apostle
/ Flight
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul's Letters
B fool's speech B corona muralis B military awards B Relevance Theory B Second Corinthians |
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| Summary: | It has been often suggested that Paul's escape from Damascus (2 Cor 11.32-3) alludes to the corona muralis, a Roman military award originally given to the first soldier to surmount the enemy wall during a siege. This article evaluates this hypothesis, employing an extensive range of ancient references to the corona muralis to determine where relevant passages from Second Corinthians (10.3-5; 11.30-3) may signal an allusion to the corona muralis. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000345 |