Hi everyone, I have another question. If you had to select only one or two commentaries on the Gospel of Thomas, which would you choose and why? Or, if you...
INTRODUCTION At the current time, the Two Source Theory is the dominant theory regarding the literary relationships between the three Synoptic gospels of Mt,...
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... Oxford ... Coptic ... I hope it's not too late to respond to this, but, ISTM that it's not quite this simple. In T112, the two words in question are SARX...
... From: "Judy Redman" <jredman@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] Body vs Flesh ... Hi...
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... not quite this simple ... ... is dependent on a body (SWMA) and wretched is the soul (PSUCHE) that is dependent on these two" but if you look at Mike's...
Maurice, ... The other thing we are working with is having only one (more or less) complete version of the text, plus a few fragments. With the four canonical...
Frank, You've presented a lot of material to digest! ... [cut] ... Yes, this seems about right. Strong's Greek Lexicon takes the King James Version of the NT...
Judy asked: I have another question. If you had to select only one or two commentaries on the Gospel of Thomas, which would you choose and why? Or, if you...
Richard Valantasis, 'The Gospel of Thomas' (Routledge) was very favourably reviewed (by Steve Davies among others) when it was published. It describes itself...
Jacob wrote: "Richard Valantasis, 'The Gospel of Thomas' (Routledge) was very favourably reviewed (by Steve Davies among others) when it was published. It...
Just to give a counter view! I do agree that the philological and historical are not the focal points of Valantasis' commentary (just as they aren't in the...
... First *I'VE* heard of this, though it's no doubt a good idea. You want to let Fortress know this, Rick, now that you've informed me! Seriously, I think the...
... Maybe I could volunteer to proof-read and thus get a pre-publication look at the material. :-) Judy -- " Let us forever remember that the sense for the...
Hi Judy- After Rick's sweeping statement, I have to question whether I know what a commentary is, cuz there's several books out there that I thought were ...
Hi Mike, By Uro's latest, I assume you mean "Thomas: Seeking the Historical Context of the Gospel of Thomas" which Amazon tells me I can buy for $110? (This ...
... Forgive me, Mike, if you've discussed Valantasis before (I only recently joined the Thomas list), but can you explain why his commentary (or reading, to be...
Try www.abebooks.com for the Uro book. Several places offering it for around $40 (US). Still very expensive for a small book - but a bit less than $110 (US). ...
Hi Loren- My general impression was that Valantasis tried too hard to force Thomas into an orthodox Christian framework. While this may be a useful ...
Mike Wrote: "After Rick's sweeping statement, I have to question whether I know what a commentary is....." Well, I guess after my sweeping statement, I too,...
Judy lamented: "Crum is officially out of print and Amazon is now advertising it for $646.38 for the only new book they have and $749 and $798 for the two...
Hi Rick- Yes, I guess you're right that Judy was asking about what you called at one point 'critical commentaries'. I assume, then, that she's familiar with ...
There's always been some breadth in the commentary genre - from the aspiration to completeness that you find especially in recent ICC, Hermeneia, Anchor Bible...
Rick, Thank you soooooo much. It had never occurred to me that Crum's would be available on line, so it never occurred to me to look for it. I am aware of ...
Judy Wrote: "Thank you soooooo much. It had never occurred to me that Crum's would be available on line, so it never occurred to me to look for it. I am...
... From: "Judy Redman" <jredman@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:58 AM Subject: RE: [GTh] Body vs Flesh (snip) ...
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Hi Rick- Thanks very much for your mention of the online Crum dictionary and the English-Sahidic translator. I wasn't aware of them, but I've now updated the ...
First, thanks everyone for your input. It has been very helpful. ... GThom is a minor part of my supervisor's research interest (she is currently doing some...
Waletr Crum dies in 1944. In 1994 the duration of copyright in the UK was 50 years from the author's death, so the work should have entered the public domain...
Elaine Pagels has suggested in 'Beyond Belief' that the figure of Thomas in the Gospel of John is a response to the Thomas school or tradition which produced...
I'm not a scholar, but in my opinion thomas has nothing to do with john. nor is john a response to thomas. In my opinion thomas is very early, before john....
