No Pablo, sino Jesús
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- APAJeremy Bentham. (n.d.). Not Paul, but Jesus [No Pablo, sino Jesús]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/jeremy-bentham/not-paul-but-jesus
- MLAJeremy Bentham. Not Paul, but Jesus [No Pablo, sino Jesús]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/jeremy-bentham/not-paul-but-jesus.
- ChicagoJeremy Bentham. Not Paul, but Jesus [No Pablo, sino Jesús]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/jeremy-bentham/not-paul-but-jesus.
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De qué trata
El libro de 1823 en que Bentham sostiene que san Pablo inventó una religión distinta de la de Jesús y se la superpuso, publicado bajo el seudónimo de Gamaliel Smith.
Contexto e historia
Bentham aplicó aquí el mismo método que a sus escritos jurídicos: leer el texto de cerca, comparar declaraciones y buscar contradicciones. Sostiene que las tres versiones de la conversión de Pablo en los Hechos no concuerdan, que Pablo no conoció a Jesús y que la moral ascética que introdujo —sobre todo en materia sexual— no tiene fundamento en los evangelios. El seudónimo no era capricho: publicar esto con su nombre, en la Inglaterra de 1823, era un riesgo real, y el libro fue ignorado o atacado. Dejó inédita una tercera parte aún más explícita. Conviene leerlo sabiendo que es un panfleto polémico y que la filología bíblica del siglo XX ha rehecho muchas de estas cuestiones con otras herramientas.
Contexto editorial, no una fuente citable: a diferencia de los pasajes de la obra, estos datos no se pueden comprobar contra el corpus.
And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized; and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God. And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havock of them which called on his name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests. But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. _II. Paul's Account._ As per Acts xxii. 12-16. xxii. 12. And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there, came unto me, and standing by me said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And in that very hour I looked up on him. And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name. NOT PAUL, BUT JESUS CHAPTER I. _Paul's Conversion._[1]--_Improbability and Discordancy of the Accounts of it._ SECTION I. LIST OF THESE ACCOUNTS, WITH PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. (_See_ TABLE I., _in which they are confronted_.) In one single work, and that alone, is comprised the whole of the information, in which, in relation to this momentous occurrence, any particulars are at this time of day to be found.…