. . . must our New
Testament exegetes fail to understand the words of the apostle in 1 Cor. xν.
40ff, where Paul, speaking of the σώματα έπουράνια, in contrast to the σώματα
επίγεια, says, "Different is the δοξα
of the sun from that of the moon and that of the stars, for each star differs
from the others in δοξα.
And so is the resurrection of the dead. The generation of Adam is earthly, that
of the Messiah heavenly." The apostle evidently alludes to the different
classes of the just in Paradise, ranking in degree and in light by their very
faces, as mentioned by Simon ben Jochai. (K. Kohler, “The Pre-Talmudic Haggada.
II. C. The Apocalypse of Abraham and its Kindred,” The
Jewish Quarterly Review 7, no. 4 [July 1895]: 598)
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