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I would call it 'false humility'.

(in hypothesis that my name is Little well knowing that I am considered Great by all my fans).

Richard replied: Even the coincidence of Paulus meaning “littleboy” does not entail intention (Paulus was also a very common and prestigious Roman name, e.g. Aemilius Paulus) and even insofar as it did, it could well be the initiation name Paul chose for himself when he converted, precisely because ...

In case of Paul (in reference to case raised from his name) we have: 1) the hostile metaphor of Matthew against the free-Torah ''least''. 2) a presumed author of letters that really did all that he could in order to realize precisely that simbolism behind his name - and ONLY THAT. Pure coincidence?

And Cefa/Peter? And Thomas/Twin? And Judas/Judea? If I had read the name'Peter Kirby' ('rock church town') ONLY in allegory/fiction or in apologetical Christian blog (about a local church or something of kind) that use that name, can you give me the right to discuss the possibility of his not-being ...

Peter wrote to Richard: I’m sure you would agree that we can divide the subject into two questions: (1) the historicity of an apostle Paul and (2) the authenticity of the letters attributed to Paul. I would disagree. If the 'historicus Paulus' wrote nothing and even was not named 'Paul', then very p...

Why Paul was a Benjamite? "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder." (Genesis 49:27) strictly linked with his being a persecutor then converted. And I'm assuming that at least the story of Paul persecutor is a legend, pace Carr...

from The Apocalypse of Peter For they shall come out of them - and my forgiveness of their transgressions, into which they fell through their adversaries, whose ransom I got from the slavery in which they were, to give them freedom that they may create an imitation remnant in the name of a dead man,...

You are pointing to obvious. The anomaly is not the name ''Paul''. But the improbable coincidence ('too improbable to be a coincidence, therefore it's not a coincidence') that a guy named Paul will be punctually ''called the least in the kingdom of heaven'' by Matthew.

I want only follow the advice of Richard attempting to raise the prior to doubt on Paul. If you dont' like the title of thread, you are free to change it. I dont' know what say, excuse me.

In my intentions, I would discuss the possibility of Paul's invention for the simple reason that his simbolic name is too suspect to be a real name (see the example of 'Ebion') for someone that punctually ''will be called least in the kingdom of heaven''. And the name ''Saul'' is discarded a priori ...