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ISBN 13: 9780809147618
ISBN 10: 0809147610
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/31/2012
Publisher: Paulist Pr

What Are They Saying About the Gospel of Thomas?

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A comprehensive overview of recent scholarly research on the Gospel of Thomas.

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Gospel of Thomas in Historical Perspective	p. 1
Discoveries in the Desert	p. 4
Three Crucial Questions	p. 7
What Are They Saying About the Date of Thomas?	p. 9
The Gospel of Thomas as Second-Century Text	p. 11
The Gospel of Thomas Contemporary with the Synoptic Gospels	p. 17
Thomas Composed Prior to Mark	p. 20
Traditions, Layers, and Accretions in Thomas	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 27
What Are They Saying About Thomas's Relationship to the Canonical Gospels?	p. 29
Thomas and the Synoptics	p. 30
Thomas Dependent on the Synoptics	p. 31
Thomas Independent of the Synoptics	p. 35
Thomas and the Gospel of Luke	p. 39
Thomas and the Gospel of John	p. 41
Thomas Dependent on John	p. 41
John Responds to Thomas: The Community-Conflict Hypothesis	p. 43
Responses to the Community-Conflict Hypothesis	p. 50
Thomas and the Diatessaron	p. 52
Excursus: Thomas and Paul	p. 54
Conclusion	p. 58
What Are They Saying About Thomas's Theological Outlook?	p. 59
Gnosticism and Wisdom in Thomas	p. 60
Thomas and Asceticism	p. 66
Thomas and Mysticism	p. 69
Thomas and Platonism	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 75
The Gospel of Thomas and the Historical Jesus	p. 77
John Paul Meier's A Marginal Jew	p. 78
The Jesus Seminar	p. 80
John Dominic Crossan	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 86
Glossary	p. 88
Notes	p. 90
Select Bibliography	p. 114
Index	p. 119
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