Thomas Logion 2, (Jesus said Let him who seeks not cease seeking until he finds. And when he finds he will be troubled and when he is troubled he will be...
... Hello Andrew: Interesting approach to the issue ... however, with respect to the first part of your post, I am not sure how or why it is important to...
... Maurice, This wording is so similar to Thomas that of course I had to look it up right away. Could Meyer have missed it in his copious citation of literary...
... From: "jmgcormier" <cobby@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:41 AM Subject: [GTh] Re: Gospel according to Hebrews...
I am both curious and confused on the information I have recently been reading about Essenes. Is Szckely's work on the "Gospel of the Essenes" legitimate?...
Ladies and Gentlemen of the group... I was going through the English translation of the Dead Sea scrolls and came across a few references to an "Angel...
... From: "John Philipose" <john_philipose@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: [GTh] A Question... ... I...
... an exact references to where in the Qumran texts such an angel is mentioned?<< Not being a reader of Hebrew, the closest thing I can get is "Marar" (be ...
I have been curious as to what possible connections Essenes could have to those who embraced the GThom, and related texts. I found 'this' in the New Advent...
Hi Andrew, "On the other hand Josephus was not an Essene himself and was writing for a non-Jewish Greek speaking readership. This may mean that some of what he...
... place the concepts of pre-Christian ideas of Gnosticism within the boundaries of secular Judaism. ................................................. Could...
Hi Steve, You remember well, but Philo does more than mention the "Therapeutae" - he wrote a little book about them! It is available as "Philo of Alexandria: ...
Thank you Steve, "Philo mentions some Jewish folks in Alexandria who were called "Therapeutae" This Philo source to the Therapeutae is probably where Szekely...
... From: "Steve" <dermarc@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: [GTh] Re: Essenes ....and Therapeutae? ...
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... snip, snip, snip ... ... What I am after here is to try and place the concepts of pre-Christian ideas of Gnosticism within the boundaries of secular ...
Hi Maurice, 'So, how are we to define the start of the Christian era ... immediately after Jesus' death, or at the dawn of the fourth century?" I would put it...
Hi All, As to the question of mysticism and Gnosticism, I would contend that a great deal of Gnosticism could be considered a type of mysticism. Consider the...
useful links "The interdisciplinary seminar on the Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism" http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/ ... Elio Jucci SETH - Semitica...
The following is a note that appeared on the Crosstalk2 list on March 20th. The author (Gordon Raynal) has given me permission to repost it to the GThomas...
Gordon Raynal: "(as Q1 is redacted with Classical Prophetic and Apocalyptic resources and reflections, I would suggest this different sort of schema) I would...
... Hi Tom and all, Mike suggested I might want to join the group and so I have. I appreciate your and others interest in my work on G.Th. To your questions: ...
Hi Gordon, Welcome to the group. I am largely in agreement with some of your suggestions on the development of the GThom. Frank McCoy and I agree that parts...
Hi Tom, ... Thank you. I am largely in agreement with some of your ... I agree that I think this was "a writing crowd," that we are working from only bits of...
I wanted to make the XTalk discussions on Gordon's stratification of GTh more immediately available to members, but rather than copy the entire contents of...
This is notice that I've uploaded a spreadsheet for Gordon's stratification scheme to our Files section (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/files)- together...