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What Are They Saying About the Gospel of Thomas?

ISBN: 9780809147618 | 0809147610
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Paulist Pr
Pub. Date: 5/31/2012

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A comprehensive overview of recent scholarly research on the Gospel of Thomas.
Acknowledgementsp. ix
List of Abbreviationsp. xiii
The Gospel of Thomas in Historical Perspectivep. 1
Discoveries in the Desertp. 4
Three Crucial Questionsp. 7
What Are They Saying About the Date of Thomas?p. 9
The Gospel of Thomas as Second-Century Textp. 11
The Gospel of Thomas Contemporary with the Synoptic Gospelsp. 17
Th... MOREp. 20
Traditions, Layers, and Accretions in Thomasp. 24
Conclusionp. 27
What Are They Saying About Thomas's Relationship to the Canonical Gospels?p. 29
Thomas and the Synopticsp. 30
Thomas Dependent on the Synopticsp. 31
Thomas Independent of the Synopticsp. 35
Thomas and the Gospel of Lukep. 39
Thomas and the Gospel of Johnp. 41
Thomas Dependent on Johnp. 41
John Responds to Thomas: The Community-Conflict Hypothesisp. 43
Responses to the Community-Conflict Hypothesisp. 50
Thomas and the Diatessaronp. 52
Excursus: Thomas and Paulp. 54
Conclusionp. 58
What Are They Saying About Thomas's Theological Outlook?p. 59
Gnosticism and Wisdom in Thomasp. 60
Thomas and Asceticismp. 66
Thomas and Mysticismp. 69
Thomas and Platonismp. 72
Conclusionp. 75
The Gospel of Thomas and the Historical Jesusp. 77
John Paul Meier's A Marginal Jewp. 78
The Jesus Seminarp. 80
John Dominic Crossanp. 83
Conclusionp. 85
Conclusionp. 86
Glossaryp. 88
Notesp. 90
Select Bibliographyp. 114
Indexp. 119
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Christopher W. Skinner, who holds a PhD from The Catholic University of America, is assistant professor of religion at Mount Olive College in North Carolina. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association.


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