Ayelet Even-Ezra is Assistant Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studies Europe¿s medieval scholastic culture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

As its title suggests, this book does three things: (1) It describes the discourse about Paul's trance and other modes of cognizing God through key questions raised by early thirteenth-century theologians; (2) It discusses the perceptions of the self implied by this discourse; (3) It suggests these questions resonate concerns of theologians regarding the nature of their academic profession. Each chapter, therefore, has accordingly three titles.Introduction / 11 Why was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do variousmodes of cognizing God differ? / 23The experiencing self and the observing selfTheology among other modes of cognizing God2 How could Paul remember his rapture? / 59Memory and the continuity of the selfTheology between experience and words3 Can a soul see God or itself without intermediaries? / 81The self as distinct from its habits and actionsTheology between experience and observation4 Does true faith rely on anything external? / 111The self as an ultimate source of authorityTheology between internal and external authority5 What happens to old modes of cognition when new ones areintroduced during trance and other transitions? / 135The self and its ability to manipulate parts of it during transitionsTheology between reasoned knowledge and simple faith6 Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue? / 158The self in societyTheology between theory and practiceSummary and Epilogue / 189Appendix / 199Acknowledgments / 205Notes / 207Bibliography / 265Index / 291