Philip,
From where did you generate that interpretation of Paul? From 'I think'? Your view of '100% schmick (excellent)' seems to be generated from your, 'I think'.
You've provided not one piece of evidence here to support your theory of Paul's 'internal discourse' or 'internal dialogue'.
Would it be true to say that you have a view that does not think much of Paul's theology and part of that is his fallible grammar?
Oz
OK. Paul did use a scribe. In evidence I submit Romans 16:22, and Galatians 6:11. We know that the materials they used meant that writing was somewhat slower than today, and nowhere nearly as convenient.
I think the letter to Philemon is a great way to meet Paul, and don't forget the check Colossians 4:7-9. Paul is a human being, and he tells us that, and I think you need to engage with the humanity of Paul to embrace his theology.
Paul wrote to Churches to address pastoral concerns he had for them. I don't think that the letter to the Romans was composed as a theology lecture, but as a letter to address pastoral concerns about the Church in Rome. Nero was the emperor of Rome at the time and Rome was not altogether lovely
Nero's wife, Poppaea Sabina, died in 65, supposedly kicked to death by Nero. In the beginning of 66, Nero married Statilia Messalina. Later that year or in 67 he married Sporus (a young boy he favored, had castrated, and married), who was said to bear a remarkable resemblance to Poppaea.
To the Church in the community obsessed with power and importance, filled with lawyers and all the hangers on Paul writes about the things they must confront:
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offences, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I want you to be wise in what is good, and guileless in what is evil. The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
As he writes to cosmopolitan Rome he writes about the things that concern them, including the difference between the Jews and the Gentiles. This, I would argue is a significant issue for Paul himself, and hence what I have described as the internal dialogue, or if you like the conversation between Saul and Paul, everything he is by birth in conversation with everything he has worked for as apostle to the gentiles.
As it so happens I think very highly of Paul's theology, so much so that I think it is very important not to make him a non-person but simply a vassal used by God to convey a message to us. Paul writes in context, part of that context is what he understand of the people he is writing to, and part of that context is his own background and aspirations. I think it is of great value to understand this as part of understanding what Paul is on about.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.