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Gospel of Truth and Jewish Christology

Elliot Wolfson

Leiden

Brill

In this study, I shall argue that the Gospel of Truth preserves an archaic Jewish/Christian theologoumenon that provides an alternative account of the incarnation to the version in the prologue to the Gospel of John. It is reasonable to presume a common matrix-most likely related to Jewish Wisdom speculation-for the two accounts. Careful analysis of the text, moreover, sheds light on the spot where the tributaries of Jewish and Christian esotericism converged and diverged. By heeding this site we may contribute in a modest way to the question regarding the intricate relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Gnosticism in Late Antiquity. In this study, I shall argue that the Gospel of Truth preserves an archaic Jewish/Christian theologoumenon that provides an alternative account of the incarnation to the version in the prologue to the Gospel of John. It is reasonable to presume a common matrix-most likely related to Jewish Wisdom speculation-for the two accounts. Careful analysis of the text, moreover, sheds light on the spot where the tributaries of Jewish and Christian esotericism converged and diverged. By heeding this site we may contribute in a modest way to the question regarding the intricate relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Gnosticism in Late Antiquity.

2007

234-271

Journal for the Study of Judaism

38/2

1570-0631

ESOTERICISM

GNOSTICISM

GOSPEL OF THOMAS

GOSPEL OF TRUTH

INCARNATION

JESUS

JEWISH CHRISTIANITY

SABBATH

SECRECY

TORAH

VALENTINIANISM

VALENTINUS

Elliot Wolfson

10.1163/157006307X180200

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