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Author Patterson, Stephen J., 1957-

Title The Gospel of Thomas and Christian origins : essays on the Fifth Gospel / by Stephen J. Patterson
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages)
Series Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; volume 84
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 84.
Contents The view from across the Euphrates -- Jesus meets Plato : the theology of the Gospel of Thomas and Middle Platonism -- Platonism and the apocryphal origins of immortality in the Christian imagination, or, Why do Christians have souls that go to heaven? -- The Gospel of (Judas) Thomas and the Synoptic Problem -- The Gospel of Thomas and Historical Jesus research -- Wisdom in Q and Thomas -- Asceticism in the Gospel of Thomas and Q : the peculiar practice of the early Jesus tradition -- The parable of the catch of fish : a brief history (on Matthew 13:47-50 and Gospel of Thom 8) -- Apocalypticism or prophecy and the problem of polyvalence : lessons from the Gospel of Thomas -- Paul and the Jesus tradition : it is time for another look -- The Gospel of Thomas and Christian beginnings
Summary 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
Notes A collection of previously published essays; dates of original publication range from 1991 to 2013
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) fast
Evangelium Thomae gnd
Subject Apocryphal books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
Christianity -- Origin.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
FICTION -- General.
Apocryphal books
Christianity -- Origin
Church history -- Primitive and early church
Philosophy and religion
Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004256217
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9781299829831