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Even the apostle’s apparently glorious experiences are accompanied by the infliction of suffering and the removal of an ability or right to speak. Lastly, his Sinai account demonstrates that even Paul’s boast of open speech and self-disclosure is implicated in a feminizing act of unveiling his own shame and weakness. Even as he argues for his superiority to Moses on the basis<br/>of what at first glance appears to be a masculine apostolic boldness, the apostle’s status is called into question. For his boldness and openness of self-presentation habitually reveal Paul to be shamefully weak and socially feminized. 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Even as he argues for his superiority to Moses on the basis&lt;br/&gt;of what at first glance appears to be a masculine apostolic boldness, the apostle’s status is called into question. For his boldness and openness of self-presentation habitually reveal Paul to be shamefully weak and socially feminized. 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