Oops, I guess you were posting at the same time. Anyway, yes, that is exactly which section I meant. Obviously we can see that the "Cainites"; (assuming they...
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pmcvflag
Apr 14, 2006 12:50 am
Hey Dave ... the work he calls the "Gospel of Judas" (if that is indeed how he refers to it) matches the Coptic one. I haven't seen any professional analysis...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Apr 14, 2006 12:27 am
PMCV, You are then referring to Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 1 31:1b? Irenaeus speaks so generally that it is hard to identify the sources of his...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Apr 13, 2006 9:31 pm
PMCV, I'll have to look up the reference in Irenaeus to see how closely the work he calls the "Gospel of Judas" (if that is indeed how he refers to it) matches...
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pmcvflag
Apr 13, 2006 8:41 pm
Hey Dave Just on my break at work and jumping in really quick since I knew I could quickly answer your one question... ... thought the physical testing puts...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Apr 13, 2006 6:48 pm
Mike <<Do you mean the same thing here as I've previously expressed - namely, that "Judas" was likely used as an insult against one's opponents? If so, the...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 13, 2006 6:34 am
Karl, I'm going to concentrate here on the character Judas and the interpretation of the Judas text, and ignore our previous discussions of Acts and the ...
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pmcvflag
Apr 12, 2006 11:17 pm
Hey Mike ... the text itself. Why did the authors choose Judas as their central character if they didn't identify with him in some way? Furthermore, you...
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Paul Lanier
jpaullanier
Apr 12, 2006 6:06 pm
... I am having second thoughts about being able to prove this. While it seems probable that Marcion was familiar with the Alexandrian Gnostics - both...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 12, 2006 5:43 pm
... I shouldn't have implied that this is its only value. It also tells us something about the development of Gnostic thought in different times and places. ...
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pmcvflag
Apr 12, 2006 12:30 am
Hey Mike ... tells us indirectly about the relations between a certain group of Gnostics and the establishment church. This group of Gnostics (perhaps the...
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Paul Lanier
jpaullanier
Apr 11, 2006 10:07 pm
Hi Mike, Thanks for the correction. I am assuming Marcion, a shipowner, got his exposure to Christian Gnosticism from Alexandria but that is conjecture on my...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 11, 2006 8:02 pm
Hi Paul - ... You mean Origen, right? Mike...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
... Oh, it does have historical value. Its value lies in what it tells us indirectly about the relations between a certain group of Gnostics and the ...
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paul
jpaullanier
Apr 11, 2006 6:34 pm
Hi Dan, Eusebius was the fourth century bishop whose decisive impact on the modern church is perhaps still not fully understood. Constantine used Eusebius as...
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Scavone, Daniel C
DCScavon@...
Apr 11, 2006 7:23 am
Hello all. What's the Eusebian Paradigm? Dan ________________________________ From: gthomas@yahoogroups.com on behalf of pmcvflag Sent: Tue 4/11/2006 1:47 AM ...
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pmcvflag
Apr 11, 2006 6:48 am
Mike... ... cosmogony of "Judas" to that of the Apocryphon of John. I hadn't expected that, and like you I found it rather disappointing. Also, of course,...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 8, 2006 8:30 pm
... Yep. What particularly struck me was the similarity of the cosmogony of "Judas" to that of the Apocryphon of John. I hadn't expected that, and like you I...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Apr 8, 2006 7:17 pm
Ron, Thanks for the link. Yes, that seems to answer my questions. So, it was NOT written from the perspective of Judas but describes the interdealings of Jesus...
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Ron McCann
ronmccann1
Apr 8, 2006 6:24 pm
Hi All, The Gospel is out and available at http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel about coptic text.html Ron McCann...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Apr 8, 2006 4:42 pm
Group, Yesterday's paper had an article by Thomas H Maugh II of the Los Angeles Times about the impending publication of the Gospel of Judas. ...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Apr 5, 2006 9:45 pm
... coming from a ... Oh, I'm hardly an expert, Mike. My lifelong, geeky fascination with languages has led me to dabble in the study of a number of them, but...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Mar 31, 2006 7:14 pm
... Thanks for saying so, Gerry. It means a lot to me, especially coming from a person who knows Coptic as well as you evidently do. ... What I'm wondering is...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Mar 29, 2006 7:51 pm
... unfortunately) ... Hi Andrew. Layton's _Coptic Gnostic Chrestomathy_ is indeed a nice, portable anthology, but it is not at all an interlinear text....
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Mar 29, 2006 7:43 pm
... Hello Mike. I've lurked here awhile, and been a fan of your interlinear site for years. I picked up Eccles' _Introductory Coptic Reader_ quite by accident ...
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smithandp
Mar 29, 2006 12:46 am
Bentley Layton, Coptic Gnostic Chrestomathy: A Selection of Coptic Texts with Grammatical Analysis and Glossary (???: David Brown Book Company, 2004) I've just...
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Andrew Bernhard
abernhar
Mar 28, 2006 11:33 pm
I'm trying to compile a list of all the books that contain the complete Coptic text of the Gospel of Thomas. Does anyone have anything to add to the following:...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Mar 27, 2006 8:46 pm
... The note on my site about this is as follows: Some un-English-like features of Coptic: (3) Coptic has no true passive voice (although it does have some ...
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CJED5@...
jsamuelchandler
Mar 27, 2006 1:09 am
In a message dated 24/03/2006 20:36:42 GMT Standard Time, ... Thank you. No true passive? That's interesting! Now I'm intrigued. I'm looking forward to...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Mar 24, 2006 8:35 pm
... Great! For serious study of a text, there's no substitute for the original language. In the absence of knowing the language, an interlinear is very helpful...
