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The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas

Original Language and Influences

  • Hardback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14.5 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

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This book addresses two central questions in current research on the Gospel of Thomas: what was its original language and which early Christian works influenced it? At present, theories of Thomas as a Semitic work abound. Simon Gathercole dismantles these approaches, arguing instead that Thomas is Greek literature and that the matter of Thomas's original language is connected with an even more controverted question: that of the relationship between Thomas and the canonical New Testament. Rather than being independent of Matthew, Mark and Luke (as in most Western Aramaic theories of Thomas) or thoroughly dependent on the four gospels (as in most Syriac approaches), Gathercole develops a newly refined approach to how Thomas is influenced by the Synoptic Gospels. Thomas can be seen to refer to Matthew as a gospel writer, and evidence is discussed showing that Thomas incorporates phraseology distinctive to Luke, while also extending that special Lukan language.
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  • Author

    Simon Gathercole

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    March 2012

  • Weight

    568g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107009042

  • ISBN-10

    1107009049

  • Eden Code

    4027428

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