05_Tack_copiaaaaa_85-112 28/04/15 12:35 Pagina 87 A FACE REFLECTING GLORY 87 To start with, there is a disagreement on the exact meaning of the subject h`mei/j pa,ntej. The majority thinks it refers to all Chris- tians 4, while a minority believes it refers to all the apostles 5. Be- cause of the universalizing aspect pa,ntej usually has in the Pauline letters (e.g., 2 Cor 5,15 and 1 Cor 15,51), we are inclined to follow the majority opinion 6. The main verb metamorfou,meqa occurs only in this place and in Rom 12,2, where it is used to describe the re- newal of the mind. The dative avnakekalumme,nw| prosw,pw| can either be in contrast with the moment of Moses veiling himself before the Israelites (2 Cor 3,13) or refer to Moses’ act of unveiling when entering before the Lord (2 Cor 3,16; cf. Exod 34,34). Because of its explicit men- tioning of the face (pro,swpon) and its implicit reference to open- ness (cf. parrhsi,a in 2 Cor 3,12) we think that avnakekalumme,nw| prosw,pw| is rather linked with the veiling (2 Cor 3,7.13) and sub- sequent unveiling (2 Cor 3,16-17) of Moses’ radiant face, which constitutes a point of comparison with the subject of 2 Cor 3,18. The present participle katoptrizo,menoi, which is the subject mat- ter of the present article, is further defined by its direct object th.n do,xan kuri,ou. The term do,xa refers back to 2 Cor 3,7-11 where it is the central term in the comparison between the glory of the diakoni,a of death and that of the diakoni,a of the Spirit. It is not entirely clear what ku,rioj means in this verse. Although in the Pauline corpus it refers most of the time to Christ, we are inclined to concur with M. Thrall in deciding that it must refer to God because of the particular use of the word in 2 Cor 3,16. In this verse the term is taken over from the context of Exod 34,34 where it clearly denotes God 7. 4 See, for instance, H. WINDISCH, Der zweite Korintherbrief (KEK 6; Göt- tingen 1924) 127; R. BULTMANN, Der zweite Brief an die Korinther (KEK; Göttingen 1976) 93; T. SCHMELLER, Der zweite Brief an die Korinther (Neukirchen 2010) 224-225. 5 L.L. BELLEVILLE, Reflections of Glory. Paul’s Polemical Use of the Moses-Doxa Tradition in 2 Corinthians 3.1-18 (JSNT SS 52; Sheffield 1991) 275; J. SCHRÖTER, Der versöhnte Versöhner. Paulus als unentbehrlicher Mittler im Heilsvorgang zwischen Gott und Gemeinde nach 2 Kor 2,14 – 7,4 (TANZ 10; Tübingen – Basel 1993) 118. 6 Prümm made a good case for this reading. K. PRÜMM, Diakonia Pneu- matos. Band 1. Theologische Auslegung des zweiten Korintherbriefes (Rom – Freiburg – Wien 1967) 166-169. 7 M.E. THRALL, “Conversion to the Lord. The Interpretation of Exodus 34 in II Cor. 3,14b-18”, Paolo. Ministro del Nuovo Testamento (2 Co 2,14 – 4,6)