THE DESCRIPTION OF PAUL IN THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA BY ROBERT M. GRANT In the Acts of Paul and Thecla (3, p. 237, 6-9 Lipsius) there is a description of Paul that seems to have no parallel in early Christian literature. Literally translated, it runs thus: "a man small in size, with a bald head and crooked legs; in good health; with eyebrows that met and a rather prominent nose; full of grace, for sometimes he looked like a man and sometimes he had the face of an angel." The words from 'full" to "angel" need not concern
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