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A common written Greek source for Mark & Thomas /

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1554582245

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9781554582242

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A common written Greek source for Mark & Thomas /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

John Horman

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[Waterloo, ON] :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 256 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Studies in Christianity and Judaism/Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme ;

Volume Designation

20

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and indexes

Text of Note

N : a new Greek source. The scope of N -- The sayings common to Mark and Thomas -- Other candidates for N -- The setting of N in Early Christianity -- Conclusions -- Excursus. Sayings of Jesus and narrative about Jesus in the Early Church -- Esoteric and exoteric sayings and settings in Mark -- Narrative frameworks for sayings in Mark -- Structural markers indicating the use of sources in Thomas -- Thomas and the "Gnostics"

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Text of Note

"This book uncovers an early collection of sayings, called N, that are ascribed to Jesus and are similar to those found in the Gospel of Thomas and in Q, a document believed to be a common source, with Mark, for Matthew and Luke. In the process, the book sheds light on the literary methods of Mark and Thomas. A literary comparison of the texts of the sayings of Jesus that appear in both Mark and Thomas shows that each adapted an earlier collection for his own purpose. Neither Mark nor Thomas consistently gives the original or earliest form of the shared sayings; hence, Horman states, each used and adapted an earlier source. Close verbal parallels between the versions in Mark and Thomas show that the source was written in Greek. Horman's conclusion is that this common source is N. This proposal is new, and has implications for life of Jesus research. Previous research on sayings attributed to Jesus has treated Thomas in one of two ways: either as an independent stream of Jesus sayings written without knowledge of the New Testament Gospels or as a later piece of pseudo-Scripture that uses the New Testament as source. This book rejects both views."--P. [4] of cover

Parallel Title

Common written Greek source for Mark and Thomas

Jesus Christ-- Words

Bible., Mark-- Criticism, Textual

Bible., Mark-- Inspiration

Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)-- Criticism, Textual

Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)-- Inspiration

Synoptic problem

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Horman, John,1940-

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion

Date of Transaction

20111119101316.0

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[Book]

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