TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Stephen J.
TI  - The Gospel of Thomas and Christian origins: essays on the Fifth Gospel 
T2  - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
SN  - 9789004256217 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BS2860.T52 P384 2013eb
U1  - 229/.8 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Apocryphal books
KW  - Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Origin
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - FICTION / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - A collection of previously published essays; dates of original publication range from 1991 to 2013; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
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