Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) |
Series |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; volume 84 |
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 84.
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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
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Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) fast |
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Evangelium Thomae gnd |
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Apocryphal books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
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Christianity -- Origin.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Philosophy and religion -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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FICTION -- General.
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Apocryphal books
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Christianity -- Origin
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Philosophy and religion
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Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004256217 |
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9004256210 |
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129982983X |
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9781299829831 |
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