I've recently read Marcovich's essay "The Text of the Gospel of Thomas". (Journal of Theological Studies 20; 1969, pps 53-74; reprinted in Studies in...
There is an interesting parallel to saying #3 in Deuteronomy: 11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It...
Before the discovery of Coptic Thomas the Greek fragments of Thomas found at Oxyrhynchus were attributed by many scholars to the "Gospel of the Hebrews"....
... From: "Randall Helzerman" <rahelzer@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: [GTh] GTh 3/Deut...
fmmccoy
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Oct 7, 2003 1:32 pm
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... Yes. Kirsopp Lake. His suggestion is noted by Grenfell and Hunt in their initial publications of P.Oxy. 654: Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. New...
<Randy> ... obey ... No, ... may ... <Frank> <snip> ... of ... Hi, Frank, If I had access to a Catholic Bible, I'd research this myself. I may have to run...
Jim Bauer
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Oct 7, 2003 5:22 pm
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Thanks to Andrew Criddle and Frank McCoy for their replies. ... Interesting point. However, by "Deuteronomistic Theology" I don't necessarily mean just quotes...
... From: "Jim Bauer" <jbauer@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] GTh 3/Deut 30:11-14...
fmmccoy
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Oct 8, 2003 9:07 pm
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Hello - Just in terms of parallels between GThomas and the book of Deuteronomy (but not "Deuteronomistic Theology"), here are a few besides GTh 3 and Deut....
Hi All, Kevin presents an interesting set of parallels to Deuteronomy. But can we call them parallels that are intentional rather than coincidental? I don't...
Replies to Kevin Johnson, Tom Saunders, and Andrew Criddle: Thanks much to Kevin Johnson for the list of parallels with Deuteronomy! Very interesting. ... ...
The parable of the mustard seed has long been puzzling. The comparison of the kingdom of heaven to the weed like mustard bush seems curiously inappropriate....
Hi, Stephen - I will try to respond briefly to your message. There were some statements you made that I agreed with and there were some that I did not. For...
... Deuteronomy (but not "Deuteronomistic Theology"), here are a few ... spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. ... the Transjordan" ... finds..." ...
I'm reading a book by Bart D. Ehrman called Lost Christianities (Oxford University Press, 2003). In it, while discussing the Acts of Thomas, he states (pp....
fmmccoy
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Oct 13, 2003 12:53 pm
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Kevin, Thank you for your response to my message. You make some good points and I shall try to reply to them. ... or so it ... Our reading of 63 is...
Hi Stephan, As Randall points out in his post......"Deuteronomy is not concerned with Satan or the Devil at all. GTh is not concerned with Satan or the Devil...
... But as you yourself observe elsewhere in this note, the same word can have been used literally in one saying, metaphorically in another. Why, then, should...
Tom, To reply to some points in your post - ... and bounty for the birds as the parable describes. (We know this due to the work of Jack Kilman.) I think...
Stephen - ... Your translation uses "possessions" here, but Lambdin uses "money" and Mike Grondin translates "riches." The idea seems to have been that he...
There are several questions about the nature of the parables to consider. Are the parables of the GThom thematically related, and if they are, how? If we can...
Hi Stephen, I agree with your contention about parables: 1. It should be a realistic description of something within the direct experience of the people it is...
Tom, I've really enjoyed your posts the past year or so. You do have a way of making me think about things in a new way that I truely appreciate. :) Thanks. ...
Michael Mozina
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Oct 16, 2003 5:40 am
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... I know that martial arts is your field of expertise, Tom, and so that is what you see in logion 98, but in my view this is barking up the wrong tree. ...
Stephen- I'm confused about "deep similitude". It sounds good, but the your use of it is rather perplexing. You say at first that a parable should "give deep ...
Mike, In regard to Th98, I want to go back to something you wrote in reply to Frank McCoy in a message dated 6/7/2001. At the time, I was so intrigued by the...
Hi Mike, Thank you for your response. I agree completely that the parable of the 'sword and the wall' is aimed at what you refer to as ordinary people, and...
