A MYSTICAL READING OF PAUL
Abstract
The methodological diversity in biblical hermeneutics that has taken place during
the last few decades has effected a shift of such magnitude, that scholars are still
catching their breath. New methods of interpreting scripture continue to come to the
fore. There is a major move from a mechanistic to a holistic paradigm, from within
which scripture emerges as life-giving and transformative. Constructive or ecological
postmodernism contributes to the revalorization of the aesthetic, the
mythological and the mystical. A mystical reading of Paul, with particular reference
to his understanding of the term in Christ elucidates the value of this new, yet
ancient heuristic tool.
the last few decades has effected a shift of such magnitude, that scholars are still
catching their breath. New methods of interpreting scripture continue to come to the
fore. There is a major move from a mechanistic to a holistic paradigm, from within
which scripture emerges as life-giving and transformative. Constructive or ecological
postmodernism contributes to the revalorization of the aesthetic, the
mythological and the mystical. A mystical reading of Paul, with particular reference
to his understanding of the term in Christ elucidates the value of this new, yet
ancient heuristic tool.
Keywords
Pauline Mysticism, ‘In-Christ’, Biblical Spirituality
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.7833/101-0-636
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