The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Origins : Essays on the Fifth Gospel.
Title:
The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Origins : Essays on the Fifth Gospel.
Author:
Patterson, Stephen J.
ISBN:
9789004256217
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (325 pages)
Series:
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; v.84
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Original Publications -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. A Polarizing Artifact -- Chapter One. The View from across the Euphrates -- Chapter Two. Jesus Meets Plato: The Theology of the Gospel of Thomas and Middle Platonism -- Chapter Three. Platonism and the Apocryphal Origins of Immortality in the Christian Imagination or Why do Christians Have Souls that Go to Heaven? -- Chapter Four. The Gospel of (Judas) Thomas and the Synoptic Problem -- Chapter Five. The Gospel of Thomas and Historical Jesus Research -- Chapter Six. Wisdom in Q and Thomas -- Chapter Seven. Asceticism in the Gospel of Thomas and Q: The Peculiar Practice of the Early Jesus Tradition -- Chapter Eight. The Parable of the Catch of Fish: A Brief History -- Chapter Nine. Apocalypticism or Prophecy and the Problem of Polyvalence: Lessons from the Gospel of Thomas -- Chapter Ten. Paul and the Jesus Tradition: It is Time for Another Look -- Chapter Eleven. The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Beginnings -- Works Cited -- Index of Gospel of Thomas -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.
Abstract:
Ten seminal essays on the Gospel of Thomas from a scholar whose work has been at the center of the Thomas debate for more than two decades.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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