Andrew, I vote that 42 is Jewish Christian also. Another translation/interpretation gives it as "become itinerants" . That seems to me to describe Jesus'...
Hi All, In designating where a saying may have originated, are we looking for harmony, or literal parallels? ( I mean literal parallels like those listed by...
... John replies: Or perhaps its closer to the Tatian Address to the Greeks? Come into being as you pass away. Since this is essentially a summary of what...
Hi Johnmoon, You suggest, "Or perhaps its closer to the Tatian Address to the Greeks? Come into being as you pass away. Since this is essentially a summary of...
There are 2 sayings in the Gospel of Thomas referring to a bridal chamber ie sayings 75 and 104. 104 has clear synoptic parallels and 75 may be related to...
Hi Andrew, "However in gnostic circles the bridal chamber is an important concept referring to either a spiritual experience of union with higher powers or an ...
Hi Mike, I submitted the Franklin reference with the idea that I could get a better opinion. Nazartite or Gnostic seems to be a choice while Levite seems to be...
Hi Andrew, Eusebius claimed that the Therapeutae were early Christians and others have followed him, but it is IMO just a wild guess. In China during the first...
... The spirits of the Theraputae will no doubt be quite amused that you find their ancient existence merely "plausible". No one else doubts it at all. ... Oh,...
Hi Mike, This statement mentions Levites entering an area which "is a symbol of the animate ones who attain a salvation OUTSIDE the Fullness (Pleroma)." If you...
Could Thomas have originally been a Gospel of the Hebrews? Saying 12 has Jesus appointing James the Just to be his main successor, and that in my view places...
... (The Heracleon quote in question can be found as part of "Fragment 13" at: http://www.gnosis.org/library/fragh.htm) ... (Before going on, it should be made...
Hi Andrew, IMO the statements about priests and levites should be taken in the same way. They are not saying things about literal levites but things about what...
Mike States, OK, but that's relevant to Heracleon's statement only if that's what he himself was saying. For reasons given above, it's not at all clear to me ...
... If so, Clement really would be saying that the Gospel of Thomas was a gospel that the Hebrew Christians used. That does seem like a possibility, especially...
... Tom, I think you probably meant PRE-Christian Gnostics (obviously there could not have been Christian Gnostics prior to Jesus). As to the Mandaeans, I...
Hi Mike, I think one of the biggest problems with figuring out the gnosticism in the Nag Hammadi texts is that conventional paralleling and methods used in...
Tom- Leaving aside your general remarks for the time being, I'll first address the two passages you quote from the Gospel of Philip. It should be noted at the...
Hi Mike, It should be noted at the outset, however, that neither of these passages state what you claimed was stated, namely that "Pneuma is breath". Pneuma is...
... Gosh, I thought I gave you a good lead. In Pauline thought, to be baptized is to partake of J's death (and THEN to enter the new life of the spirit). Seems...
Hi Mike. " In Pauline thought, to be baptized is to partake of J's death (and THEN to enter the new life of the spirit)." In Gnostic thought this would be...
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