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PAUL, APOCALYPSE OF

(V, 2)

A pseudonymous apocalypse, especially popular among early Christians. The Apocalypse of Paul elaborates upon 2 Cor. 12:2-4, Paul’s account of a man (probably himself) who had journeyed to the third heaven. The narrative, originally composed in Greek but existing in several versions, describes its own discovery ca. 388 c.e. Paul sees the contrasting deaths of righteous persons and sinners, visits paradise and the city of Christ, meets important persons of faith like Abraham, Moses, and Mary, and tours hell.

Bibliography. H. Duensing and A. de Santos Otero, “Apocalypse of Paul,” in New Testament Apocrypha, ed. E. Hennecke and W. Schneemelcher, rev. ed., 2 (Louisville, 1992): 712-48; J. K. Elliott, “The Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli),” The Apocryphal New Testament, rev. ed. (Oxford, 1993), 616-44.

Greg Carey






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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