Snatched into Paradise (2 Cor 12:1-10)

In "2 Corinthians" 12:1-10, Paul claims to have been snatched into paradise but then tells how he received a 'thorn in the flesh'. This monograph places "2 Corinthians" 12:1-10 in the contexts of ancient ascent traditions as well as other accounts of religious experience in Paul's letters, and engages premodern interpretation of the ascent.