... From: "Tom Saunders" <tom@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:53 PM Subject: [GTh] Thomas and the Synoptics ...
fmmccoy
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Jan 2, 2004 2:31 pm
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Hi Frank, You ask..... "Why do you think that such an early kernel version pre-cursor to Matthew would have had the same parables as Thomas?" I think that...
A belated response to the recent thread on the identity of Thomas - The gospel of Thomas tells us that the sayings were written down by Didymus Judas Thomas....
... (Snip, snip, snip ...... ) Hello Stephen ! Good follow-up to Lolita's original post on Thomas "the twin". Your observations are especially interesting to...
... From: "Stephen" <stephen@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:49 AM Subject: [GTh] Was Thomas written by the...
Jim Bauer
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Jan 6, 2004 4:33 pm
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... Stephen's translation is incorrect. The correct translation is "I will become as he is", or, less literally, "I will become like him." This seems to...
... From among your Thomas quotes related to the meaning of "twin", I am especially struck by logion # 108 wherein Jesus says "... I shall become HE ", and not...
... From: "Jim Bauer" <jbauer@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [GTh] Was Thomas written by the...
... I don't know, but in light of this evidence, I'm going to have to back off a bit on this one. In fact, I can add one more to the list against me and ...
... back off a bit on this one. In fact, I can add one more to the list against me and Doresse -the highly-respected Patterson/Robinson/Bethge translation in...
Hello all ... I have been taking an extra close look at Thomas logia # 41 an # 62, and am wondering what it is with Thomas and “hands”. Perhaps someone can...
... From: "Maurice Cormier" <cobby@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: [GTh] Hands ... ... A lot of the...
There has been some discussion on this group of 'Beyond Belief' by Elaine Pagels, and the idea that the Gospel of John was written in opposition to the type of...
... This one is actually a draw. The English translation above of Matt 6.3 is misleading. In the Greek, GMt follows the same pattern as GTh in using the words...
To all listmembers: Based on his background and keen understanding of the subject matter of our group, the current moderators have extended an invitation to...
That's great - whatever happened to Sytze. Did he finish his doctoral work and how's Bill Arnal - haven't seen him post to anything for months and months. Hope...
Apologies for the personal meesage sent to the list. Best wishes, Jacob Knee (Cam, Glos.) ... From: Jacob Knee [mailto:zen20458@...] Sent: 10 January...
Hi all, It is really good to hear from some of you that have not posted in a while. In case you are not aware, I have been working on a glossary for the group....
Hi Andrew, Congratulations on becoming a Moderator. I think you are right about the concept that John was more pro-Montanist (or something) than anti-Thomas. ...
Greetings all ... I wonder if I could impress upon the Coptic translators in the group for an opinion on logion 83. I am working with a "strange" translation...
... for ... his ... sentence ... light ... "image". ... "man", ... "people" ... Much ... Hmmmm ! Looks like the gremlins are at it again. Let me repeat the ...
... I think the most direct way to answer these questions is to begin with a more literal rendition: 83.1: The images are revealed to Man, but the light...
One question is whether Thomas' inclusion of hands brings out meanings that would not otherwise be apparent. If so then perhaps the 'hands' belong to the...
... At a more obvious level, however, the author of GJn seemed to be mightily concerned with docetism - as he was also in the letters. Why he would have ...
Hi Stephen, 'One question is whether Thomas' inclusion of hands brings out meanings that would not otherwise be apparent. If so then perhaps the 'hands'...
... I don't see how you come to this conclusion, Tom, unless the title makes you think so. But the title doesn't imply that 'Thomas' means 'Contender', only ...
Hi Mike, I see what you mean about 'contender.' I meant that Thomas was a contender for Gnosis. I did not mean a literal translation and I should have...
[Terje Dahl Bergersen Wrote:] The consequence [of the discovery/publication of Mae2] is that the relationship among the Synoptic Gospels has to be entirely...
The word "Gnosticism" is uttered often and carelessly by GThomas contributors. Karen King's latest book _What is Gnosticism?_ may encourage some more...