... From: "Jim Bauer" <jbauer@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] GTh 76 and Babylonian...
fmmccoy
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Jan 2, 2003 3:00 am
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This newly redesigned web site has the original Coptic and Greek, multiple translations, parallel passages, scholarly quotes, and visitor comments on each...
... could ... Frank, The best source to find it in is Hans Jonas' _The Gnostic Religion_. Since it takes up most of a chapter, I'd be reluctant to...
Jim Bauer
jbauer@...
Jan 2, 2003 4:33 pm
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... Gnostic Religion_. "The Hymn of the Pearl" is embedded in the Acts of Thomas. It can be found in several sources, including Bentley Layton's _The Gnostic...
Peter - ... I think that your website is a very practical tool for studying the Gospel of Thomas. By providing searchable text, commentary, and parallels, you...
Achilles37@...
Jan 6, 2003 2:43 pm
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With regard to Peter Kirby's website http://www.gospelthomas.com/ ... include? I was mildly surprised to find Jean Doresse's translation of each saying while...
I'd just like to echo the praise of Mike and Kevin -- this is an excellent site. Congratulations, Peter, on a fine piece of work. I'd also like to echo Mike's...
... This is found in the first volume of _New Testament Apocrypha_. ... The JPEGs were created from the Coptic Font Standard file (thomas-coptic2.html), which...
... The question of the quality of a translation did not enter into my decision. I picked out three translations that were (a) in my personal library and (b) ...
... Thank you! ... I made it so that comments need to be approved before posting. By the way, I would welcome the posting of reader comments from the folks on...
... 2nd edition, published 1991. -- Peter Kirby (Student at Fullerton College, CA) 11:34am up 1:01, Mandrake Linux 9.0, kernel 2.4.19-16mdk on AMD Athlon 750 ...
... Gad, us old foggies have to pay double - to keep up with new publications, and to update our old editions! Can't wait for the day that almost everything's...
Peter- Subject to your approval, I've added links to your main page and your sayings pages to my index. In split-screen mode, one will be able to view both...
Peter wrote: I am dying to hear what you have to say about this web site! After quite a long hiatus from the group, I was pleased when I returned to see...
... Thanks! ... I could delete any number of spurious posts in a minute. (Based on current experience, I will not be receiving more than a couple legitimate...
... Approved! ... The sayings web pages are generated with a 760 wide table, which makes it impossible to squeeze in an index on the right or left without...
... to be ... archives by ... associated ... human. ... I haven't done any programming for years, but here are a few pointers for identifying sayings: 1. A...
Peter wrote: How do you suppose that a program would identify the saying numbers associated with a post? This would seem to require a lot of reading from a...
... Andrew Smith has some good suggestions. How can I download the archives? -- Peter Kirby (Student at Fullerton College, CA) 5:44am up 10 min, Mandrake...
Since there has not been much activity lately I thought I'd throw out something for discussion. I came across some passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) that...
".....the topic of pre-existence." If we look at the sayings in the GThom, that are relevant to the subject of both pre-existence and post existence, we can...
Tom- Seems to me you've conflated a few things that ought not to be conflated. What you call "the docetic state" was applicable only to Jesus (if anyone)....
Mike, Thank you for your point. I was using the term docetic other than its reference to the Gnostic groups referred to as the Docetics. I might lack for a...
... What's wrong with "luminous state"? The problem is, you're using a term that has a specific meaning in a different way. ... I don't think that light, or...
Mike suggests: What's wrong with "luminous state"? The problem is, you're using a term that has a specific meaning in a different way. I think you are right, I...
... a special kind of spirit. (Letter to the Greeks). Tatian's notion that the soul is a different form of spirit agrees with ideas of both the GThom and ...
Jim Bauer
jbauer@...
Jan 23, 2003 3:23 am
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I've been somewhat unsatisfied with my previous suggestion that the bulk of lines 69-70 is to be moved to join with the single word ("of-the heavens") on line...
Several lines in my previous note were garbled in transmission. ... I've been somewhat unsatisfied with my previous suggestion that the bulk of lines 69-70 is...
The G of T has analogs in Zen Buddhist koans, particularly re: the beginning and the end Gnostic gospel of Thomas: For many who are first, will become last,...