Hi Paul, ... Thanks for this. I have no problem with the notion that quotes attributed to Jesus were not necessarily said by him, that they were words put into...
Hi everyone, A while ago, we had a discussion about Coptic grammars in which Ariel Shisha-Halevy's "Coptic Grammatical Chrestomathy" was mentioned as good, ...
No, my position, as I stated before, was that I believe the incident is possibly historical and the letter from Abgar to Jesus was lost (perhaps it was oral by...
... "Happy are you [Abgar] who believed in me without having seen me. For it is written of me that those who have seen me will not believe in me, and that ...
... The response from Jesus is very ... "written ... historicity....that the ... Surely Jesus wasn't the only person to speak a Semitic language. Assuming that...
Jack ... My point is that is the Author of John got it from Jesus..or indirectly...then Jesus could have gotten it from Jesus too. In short, the letter from...
Hi Judy, ... My interest in Gospel of Thomas is not in whether or not the sayings are 'more authentic' than those in the canonical gospels, but rather in the...
For those who are interested, an ad hoc group is available to discuss James Tabor's book, _The Jesus Dynasty_. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JesusDynasty Rick...
The Gospel of Thomas, translated and annotated by Stevan Davies, missing Logia 74 and 75. Logia 73 and its commentary begin on page 78 and end on page 80, and...
... Rev. Miller- This book appears to be an overseas (printed in Singapore) edition of the Skylight Illuminations 2002 title _The Gospel of Thomas Annotated...
Rev. Miller has confirmed in private correspondence that the Shambhala edition of Davies' _Annotated and Explained_ does indeed lack sayings 74 and 75. This...
I haven't seen the book, but it's a legitimate edition. Skylight Paths are my publishers too. They licensed the hardcover rights to Shambhala, who are an...
... Thanks for clearing that up, Andrew. What threw me off was that the title page (as shown on Amazon) says "Printed in Singapore". I wasn't aware that some...
I own both editions of Stevan Davies' translation, and there is NO typo in the Shambhala Library edition -- just bad formatting. Verses 73, 74, and 75 are...
Hey Jack Sorry I left your post hanging there for so long. I know the conversation has kind of moved on, but I thought now that I can I would still jump back...
This is for who have a reasonable facility in Coptic (or a key to the exercises in Lambdin): I have been doing some revision in Lambdin and came across a...
... Hi Judy, I looked back at my answers to these exercises (no key that I know of) and see that I divided the word in question as PET-OY-NA-AA-F, i.e., ...
Thanks Mike. I worked out most of this *after* I'd posted my query, before I went to bed last night, and the last little bit fell into place when I got up this...
... BTW, re your remark that Skylight Paths is your publisher as well, ... so, how ... Hello Mike, Yes, Bardic Press is still going, and Steve's book has done...
The opening words, sometimes referred to as the prologue or incipit, of the Gospel of Thomas (Coptic version) are: “These are the secret sayings which the...
I've recently been reading April DeConick's 'Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas.' which has been previuosly discussed on this group. I've found it a...
I am still waiting for my copy of "Recovering ... Thomas" to arrive - I stupidly tried to test the university's purchase system, rather than simply paying for...
... Just to be clear, is it correct to assume that this is _your_ position, and that it does not agree with DeConick? I.e., that it's her claim that (kernel?)...
From: Michael Grondin To: gthomas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 4:19 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] Recovering Thomas ... DeConick speaks of the weighty...