> finally, after the tour of hell (chapters 3144), paul returns to "paradise" in chapters 4551, but it is unclear if this means the third layer again, heaven in general, or a new fourth layer. it is identified with eden, and four rivers flow from a tree in which the spirit of god rests above the tree since the creation. there paul meets other biblical figures, some of which were described as already being in other layers in the earlier passages. it is possible that this account was originally from a separate story that was combined into the apocalypse of paul, as it does not entirely cohere with the earlier vision of heaven.[6] it also includes an anti-jewish element: moses tells paul that paul was blessed by god as something of a "replacement" for moses after the jews betrayed god by murdering jesus, one of the only times non-christians are acknowledged explicitly.
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