Ran across the following the other night in a mystery novel (Lawrence Sanders, McNally's Secret, the thoughts being attributed to the main ... Perhaps overly...
With its 35 postings, January was a bit sub-par for the month ("par" being about 46, January being the highest-volume month on average), though still...
Last Thursday, Chris posted on John Meier's recent work on Thomas: http://pejeiesous.com/2013/01/24/john-meier-on-thomas-and-the-synoptics/ A couple weeks...
Mark's blog posting today contains videos of his recent appearance on the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) programme* "The 700 Club", in a segment...
Some time back, I mentioned that I had come across (thanks to Chris Skinner) an article in which John Meier had made a foray into Gnostic speculation about...
To: GThomas Cc: GPG On: Matthew > GThos From: Bruce In JBL v131 #4 (2012) John P Meier concludes that the directionality in the Parable of the Wheat and Tares...
A Jan. 3 note from CNN: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/03/jesus-wife-fragment-gets-more-testing-delays-article/ Mostly not really news, except that, if...
26 messages were posted on GThomas during December. This is slightly below average for the month, but still respectable. For the year, 409 messages were...
Hi everyone (cross posted to crosstalk and gthomas): I hate to begin your year with bad news, but I discovered last night that our very own Bob Schacht has...
I think that there is a lot we don’t know about 1st century culture and the issue of hearing/reading is just one of them. If we study the written text we are...
This perennial topic brings to mind a question with respect to another text which may share a similar provenance with Thomas, the Odes of Solomon, in which...
Greetings. I thought it best to reveal my point-of-view about various subjects that I might comment on here. First, I am not a fan of the "two source"...
Not really big news, more a confirmation, but AP (in the Boston Globe) reports (Dec. 4) that tests have not been completed "to authenticate the papyrus," so K....
Chris Skinner's blog entry today is "William Arnal Reviews My Book" http://pejeiesous.com/2012/12/03/william-arnal-reviews-my-book/ The entire review is...
November was yet another good month for us, with 59 messages. This was the 2nd highest November in the 10 years 2003-2012. The year-to-date total is 383,...
It seems quiet here, perhaps waiting for news on that papyrus fragment. In case it's of interest, a review of a significant new book: Joan Taylor in this book...
Thanks, Stephen. Your timing is superb. I had intended to write a note to the list this morning copying your timeline and announcing an update of my GJW page....
2nd century claimed date of Greek "gospel" 2nd-4th c. claimed date of a claimed Coptic Gospel of John ms 4th century claimed date of ms 1945 Nag Hammadi mss...
Having now received and looked over Mark G's Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics, what strikes me is that chapter 10...
To: GThomas On: Stratification of Q From: Bruce Thomas sayings (in one way or another) relate to Synoptic sayings, among them Synoptic sayings ascribed by some...
The new Youtube video is Bart Ehrman's (2 parts, 15 min each) titled "The Coptic Gospel of Thomas". He also has two short vids on Gnosticism in CGT (ed...
Just in time for your early morning listening pleasure today, Mark G. has released his NT Pod 72, a 13-minute podcast titled "What is the Gospel of Thomas?"...
To: GThos (WSW) In Response To: Mike Grondin On: sTh 1-12 as a Text (Lu Mu-gung) From: Bruce Some small odds and ends. Bruce (before, responding to Mike's...
1) John J. Collins, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography (Princeton UP, copyright 2013[?]). This "Lives of Great Religious Books" series contribution offers a...
