http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/Library/commrule.html I think it fitting that I share my impressions on the most important of the ...
... I just have to step into this conversation since I spent a great deal of time analyzing the parallels. In 90% of the parallels between Luke and Matthew,...
... From: "joseph baxter" <joseph@...> To: <gthomas@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:26 AM Subject: [gthomas] Early Christian Communites ... be...
Jack Kilmon writes: << I do not see this demarcation between a Jerusalem group and a Galilean < group since his Galilean Talmuddaya appear to have quartered...
I'm mortified to discover that this note went to the list instead of to Yuri, for whom it was intended. This was a private communication that should not have...
I'm trying to use recent posts to help construct a picture of what the Jesus communities might have looked like pre-70. I'm assuming that there were probably...
I don't follow the logic that early Christianity must come from the followers of Jesus. The Dead Sea Scrolls show a proto-Christianity that existed before...
How "logically" does the Gospel of Thomas COMPARE with other writings? for terms, see for example: http://intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/toc.htm FALLACIES of...
About a month ago I asked a parenthetical statement in one of my posts regarding #114, asking which Mary was being referred to, "the Virgin or the Whore"?...
I am a new member of this group. I decided to join because of the focus of the window of time from the first century bc through the early centuries ad has...
If you give alms, it is a spiritual hazard. [Thomas 14] If you give alms, you have given poison, making people dependent on charity. [Tao Te Ching 53] The...
... This may represent a conventional view, but Mack argues to the contrary and offers what seems to be persuasive evidence in support of what he says. The...
Mike, what I assume was a condensation of parts of what Christians refer to as the Old Testament was really interesting as background history that possibly...
Yuri Kuchinsky's proto-gospel: "Jesus was a remarkable man, very wise and righteous. He was the son of God, and he healed the sick, and performed many...
The response of Y. Kuchinsky to my previous post deserves a much more thorough response than time or space allows, so I will therefore reply via a series of...
Andrew Smith on Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:31:57 quoted ... That the Matthean mythos of Jesus is adopted today for political-historical-social reasons is not a matter...
Careful readers may have noticed that, altho recent discussions of the history of early Xianity may have brought us closer to understanding *some* Thomas...
It has been pointed out that I did not give the URL for my book on the Internet dealing with the traditions of Thomas in Kerala and Mesopotamia. It can be...
Imagine, if you will, a scenario in which you were given 30 seconds or so to make a case about how GThom and Q together illuminate our understanding of the...
List, My apologies! I erroneously directed an off-list message intended for Scott Williams to the group instead. However, if anyone is interested in taking up ...
A Scottish friend told me that he saw in UK on independent TV Channel 4 a video on the life of St. Thomas, the brother of Jesus and his activities after the...
Andrew Smith, I did an internet search on Adiabene and came up with some interesting stuff: http://www.khazaria.com/adiabene/lissner1.html This article, with...
... You might start with the following by Marvin Meyer: "Making Mary Male: The Categories 'male' and 'female' in the Gospel of Thomas." _New Testmament...
Dear Mike, Yuri, et al (who are following the threads arising from 'House in GThom Log71') Excuse the delay. I did not want to take on Koester without his own...
Hello all, In this post I hope to demonstrate the purpose of the GOT using Saying number 9 as an example. I intend to demonstrate that the Gospel of Thomas is...
I'm sorry, was it Yuri who wrote this originally? << > > > "Jesus was a remarkable man, very wise and righteous. He was the son of ... accepted ... the ... to ...
... be there for what we would nowadays regard as 'secular' reasons, or for religious reasons which had nothing to do with Torah, and would continue to live,...
