2 Corinthians

Corinthians 15 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory. 

Considerable energy has been expended debating the proper form for these boundary conditions. The question will be addressed in more detail in a later section. Now we see through a glass, darkly. —1 Corinthians XIII, 12... 

It is recorded that pork was used eis a food in Egypt, probably at certain feasts, eis early as 3400 B.C., and in China beginning in 2900 B.C. Old Testament Laws, written abrout 1100 B.C., dictated what meats were considered wholesome and sanitary. In 1 Corinthians, 15 39, written abrout 54 A.D., the Bible tells us "All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds."... 

W. L. Einlay, Silver-Bearing Copper, Corinthian Edition, Copper Range Co., New York, 1968. 

Christ s victory over death was decisive. On their own, his disciples could never conquer death, the consequence of their own sinful flesh. Since flesh was the cause of death, then natural carnality had to be denied, as in Paul s unequivocal insistence on asceticism (I Corinthians 7 29, 31). Why, in that case, should flesh be allowed into heaven at all The element of continuity between the two human bodies, the natural one and its resurrected version, was an insoluble mystery for Paul. In an attempt to address this problem, he devised an analogy with the dying seed for the process of the death and resurrection of the body, rising not as carnal flesh, but as a spiritual body (I Corinthians 15 21-54). In his view, at the resurrection, the body will not be the same one that had died, for the risen body will be a new creation, just as the grown plant is not the same entity as the sown seed. 

It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory. .. It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body (I Corinthians 15 42-44). 

Ancient artisans were able to confer special colourings to their artefacts by applying particular techniques and treatments, which were lost in later centuries. They were also able to give copper based alloys the appearance of precious metals. Some of these special methods have been discovered and identified on ancient objects. The most famous of these alloys in Roman times was certainly Corinthian bronze, a copper alloy containing small amounts of precious metals, which acquired a purple-black or blue-black patination... 

Biers, W. R., K. O. Gerhardt, and R. A. Braniff (1994), Lost Scents Investigation of Corinthian Plastic Vases by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry, Univ. Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. 

In another study carried out by Biers et al (1994), the residual contents of intact Corinthian plastic vases of the 7-6th Centuries BC were analysed nondestructive by pouring solvent into the vessels and decanting. A large number of mono-, sesqui- and diterpenoids were identified in the solvent washes. The diterpenoid, manoyl oxide [Structure 7.15] was identified in 16 vases. This molecule is found in the bark of Pinus and Abies spp. and in the essential oils of the Cupressaceae family including Juniperus oxycedrus. 

Biers, W.R., Gerhardt, K.O. and Braniff, R.A. (1994). Lost Scents Investigations of Corinthian Plastic Vases by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology Volume 11,... 

Longitude, sig. A3. The first half is from Romans 9 2i> the second fromi Corinthians 12 7—ii. 

Table I lists the 31 shards used in this study. Their fragmentary state made typological identification difficult and close dating impossible. According to Wolff (10), seven of the shards date to the Byzantine period (4th-7th centuries A.D.), one is Roman (lst-4th centuries A.D.), and the remaining 23 represent Punic, Greek, Graeco-Italic, Corinthian, and unidentified types, ranging in date from the 4th century B.C, to the end of the third Punic War in 146 B.C. As a group, the shards span more than a millennium.

Paul also taught that there is a psychic body, which is transitory, and a spiritual body which is founded in an immortal substance. The true original text in Corinthians 15-44 would be, if given quabbalistically and esoterically, as follows ... 

There are so many new discoveries in natural products research that no one can be an expert in all the areas unless they were content to be superficial. Thus, we have to remember the following words of Apostle Paul, The person who thinks he knows something really does not know as he ought to know. (I Corinthians 8 2). 

Josephus states that in his day (37 to 100) the Temple had ten gates, nine of which were on every side covered with gold and silver, as were the jambs of their doors and their lintels but there was one gate. . . which was of Corinthian brass and greatly excelled those that were only covered over with silver and gold. ... 

This Corinthian brass was an alloy of gold, silver and copper which, according to an old legend, was accidentally produced when Corinth was burnt at the time of its capture, 146 b.c. It was highly esteemed in Roman days and was often used by the wealthy for domestic utensilsf. 

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