... What I was trying to think about was whether we'd be able to work out when and where the Gospel was set if we had no reference to characters known...
... No question but that Thomas is less specific than the canonicals - though we couldn't prove it by Th100, wherein it is specified that the gold piece is ...
... I think it sounds vaguer -- NOUB (gold piece) and WwM (tax, rent) in Thomas over against KHNSOS (tribute money) and DENARION (denarius) in Mark, but it's a...
... The tax/tribute distinction doesn't strike me as being a significant difference, because it may be accounted for by the vagaries of the languages involved,...
I received this comment from a visitor: Alas, these sayings have far too much of a sectarian attitude. These tendencies are also present (in my opinion) in the...
... From: "Peter Kirby" ... It's the purist gospel and as such enriches the codex. It's the final piece of the puzzle that was meant to be discovered for...
... Like the one who originally wrote to Kirby, it's a matter of personal faith, and Kirby's question may hardly be answered in a way abstracting from personal...
Dear Peter, List I've just read the 1st 100 pages of E. Pagels' new book, *Beyond Belief*, just published a week or so, ago and it is mostly concerned with a ...
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May 19, 2003 1:58 pm
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... From: "Mark Goodacre" <M.S.Goodacre@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [GTh] Timelessness ... Dear...
fmmccoy
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May 19, 2003 10:29 pm
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In a message dated 05/19/2003 3:20:54AM, kirby@... writes: << received this comment from a visitor: Alas, these sayings have far too much of a...
Odell McGuire writes: On p 74. Pagels attributes the following to Richard Baker, former Bostonian, a Zen convert and then Roshi of the Zen Center in San...
... From: "Maurice Cormier" <cobby@...> To: <gthomas-owner@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 01:34 PM Subject: Gospel of Thomas Symposium...
Hi I have been arguing in another discussion List with members of a modern essenes sect about the authenticity of their Twelve Holy Gospel that supposedly...
As I read and reread the Gospel of Thomas, I am oftentimes left wondering if its use and frequency of the word “Kingdom” dosent’ give us important (but...
Maurice- I hope to be able to get some time today or tomorrow to respond to your very fine note in detail. For the time being, just a few responses off the top...
... Jack: Thank you for your reply to my "Kingdom of God" post. With respect to "Geoff's" queery on Xtalk regarding the keys (above), I have it from...
... As indicated in my online indices, I count 24 usages of MeNTERO in 20 logia, Maurice. It seems that you're using an English translation - in particular, ...
Maurice -- I think you're also forgetting Saying 27 in POxy 1, "Jesus says, If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the kingdom of God". Some...
... throughout 19 ... 20 logia, ... particular, ... for ... Letting ... than an ... 107, 109, ... total is ... Father". ... (((((((((((((((((((((((( ***...
Maurice- ... No "kingdom" is mentioned in Coptic Th8. It reads: "(The) Man (or mankind) is comparable to a wise fisherman ..." ... Agreed that there's a...
Becoming little. In post #5575, Mike Grondin raises the interesting point that in the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus, on the one hand, “speaks of the necessity of ...
Maurice, You've raised a number of interesting issues in your latest note. If you don't mind, however, I'd like to work my way backwards from your last ...
In a message dated 5/28/03 12:23:28 AM, Mike Grondin writes: <<If, however, they were merely writing down a lot of stuff that they themselves didn't understand...
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Mike: Thank you for your highly insightful comments with respect to the above. Let me add yet a few more thoughts to yours ... I don't have a problem with...
I am not sure how many list members have read Elaine Pagels newest book, "Beyond Belief", but I would have expected that a bit of discussion might have...
... Jay Raskin showed recently that Irenaios is just a mouthpiece of Tertullian, who forged the New Testament. Joseph Turmel figured that John's is of...
... Tertullian, who forged the New Testament. Joseph Turmel figured that John's is of docetic/dualist origin and got later catholisised, the editors claiming...
In a message dated 06/06/2003 2:03:03AM, pessy@... writes: << Pessy writes Jay Raskin showed recently that Irenaios is just a mouthpiece of Tertullian,...
Dave Hindley asks about Tertullian.... We must consider that Tertullian had a change of heart and changed from orthodox to gnostic. Therefor it is possible...
