... Pooh, pooh, pooh. The 'you' and 'your' is plural to begin with - the saying is addressed to a group, not an individual. Thus, this group has many images,...
... Ok, I buy that distinction. This does however already begin to skew things from a Christian fundamentalist perspective, since preexistence itself was ...
... Yes, it was crosstalk. ... That wasn't EXACTLY what I had in mind. I was really trying to distinguish between community reflection/ideas etc. and...
The "Doubting Thomas" trope in the gospel of John seems to have just been plopped in, right before the first ending of John. Certainly it could be ommitted...
Using Throckmorton, I have compared the parallels of Thomas to Luke, Matthew, Mark, and Marcion. I find no matches from NT works to Marcion and Thomas in...
The Council of Carthage in 251 was called by Cyprian to unite the divided church. It was his intent to give all power to the church. This meant that only the...
(Note: This is a cross-posting from the X-Talk group.) ... From: "mwgrondin" <mwgrondin@...> To: <crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 22,...
Steve writes: I.e. post Nicea. The elaboration of the texts may indicate that they were derived from earlier texts contemporary with GThos. Please anyone...
... Just to clarify - there is no "Hebrew version". You must be referring to Patterson Brown's translation at his Metalogos site, which makes use of certain...
I suppose i ought to introduce myself.Archaeologist with a particular interest in the application of hindsight re agriculture of the past to the future, ...
I'd like to run this past you all. It concerns the location and dating of GThomas and the Greek gospels that have come down to us as for instance the ...
Hey everyone: Does anyone out there feel like trying to cook up ANALOGIES to GThomas from other religious traditions, or just plain "culture"? I don't mean...
... Likewise Jim Bauer suggests material from Nietzsche. I must confess to being a HUGE Blake fan, though not nearly so fond of Nietzsche. In any case, while I...
It seems I am going to change the subject or open a new one. That is not because the current debate isn't fascinating, please carry on. I am writing because I...
The Gospel of Thomas (gTh) begins with a self reflective hermaneutic I call the Prologue on Seeking (P-11). This of course, contra the thoughts of some, would...
I would argue there is no basis for 'Thomas' as being an instrument of counter cultural in its original intent if that intent was to pass on Jesus sayings....
Jesus said: Adam came to be from a great power & great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not experience death. ...
Virtually every attempt by scholars, and others, to identify one single thematic pattern in the Gospel of Thomas has been conspicuously unsuccessful. Now,...
... ending, ... the ... will ... returns to ... Jim- I think I asked you before where you got this "for my sake" from. I don't recall your answer, but it's not...
http://www.BelovedDisciple.org I found the above link while researching the two Mary's: the Mother of God (or least in RCC usage) vs. Mary Magdalene, still...
David B. Stanforth writes> He started Seeking God's face, so to speak. Then he found the treasure. Now he wasn't a fool. He knew what to do with the money. He...
... How on earth do we *know* this? I see no evidence for it at all. ... I see no evidence for this, either. ... One would have to be (anal, that is) to...
