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10. Paul is constantly referring to himself as one who is “called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News” (Rom.:1–2), ignoring the fact that he wasn't actually one of the twelve “appointed by God [no less] to be an apostle” (1 Corinthians:1); “an apostle who does not owe his authority to men…but who has been appointed by Jesus Christ and by God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead” (Gal.:1). In other words, Paul laid claim to the appointment of interpreter of the Word of God: since he was the one who heard the “voice,” one can construe that he has appointed himself as the interpreter of the Word.
11. “The only identification of the author ever suggested by the church writers is St Luke, and no critics ancient or modern have ever seriously suggested anyone else. This identification was already known to the churches about the year 175 AD as shown by the Roman canon known as the Muratorian Fragment…and is supported by internal evidence: the author must have been a Christian of the apostolic age, either a thoroughly hellenised Jew or, more probably, a well educated Greek with some knowledge of medicine and extremely well acquainted with the LXX and Jewish things in general. Lastly, and more significantly, he had accompanied Paul on his journeys judging from his use of the first person plural in Part 2 of the Acts, and of all Paul's companions none is more strongly indicated than Luke.” Introduction to The Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, 195.
12. Gal. 1:15–19.
13. This will be explored in greater detail in the chapter “Blind Ethics, or Close Your Eyes (to) See the Third.” Badiou discusses the “true event,” amongst other places, in Being and Event (2006).