April D. Deconick

Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the fascinating and enigmatic collection of 114 sayings of Jesus, the 'Gospel of Thomas' that was discovered in the sands of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in the 1940's. Since its discovery, scholars and the public alike have been intrigued to know what the Gospel says and what light it sheds on the formation of early Christianity. Here, DeConick provides a new English translation of the entire Gospel of Thomas, which includes the original 'kernel' of the Gospel and all the sayings. A unique feature of this book is that translations to the parallels of the Gospel are also included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780567043320
• ISBN-10: 0567043320
• Artikelnr.: 21385676

Autorenporträt

April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University (Houston, Texas). She specializes in early Christian history and theology, noncanonical Gospels, and gnostic and mystical traditions. Her books include Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (1996); Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature (Sheffield Academic, 2001); Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth (T. & T. Clark, 2005); and The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation, with Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel (T. & T. Clark, 2006) and The Thirteenth Apostle: what the Gospel of Judas really says (Continuum, 2007). She has also edited the collection of papers, Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism (SBL, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: MAPPING A METHODOLOGY Chapter 1: The "New"
Traditionsgeschichtliche Approach I. The Historical Contexture of
Traditions II. The Communal Nature of Traditions III. The Responsive Nature
of Traditions IV. The Shift of Traditions V.Streams of Traditions VI.The
Transmission of Traditions Chapter 2: The Engimatic Gospel of Thomas
I.Previously Proposed Compositional Models A. Literate Model
B.Oral-Literate Model C.Redaction Model II.The Rolling Corpus Model A.Oral
Consciousness B. Multivalency C.Structure Chapter 3: The Rolling Gospel of
Thomas I.Principle of Development A. Development of Form B. Coherence to
Characteristic Vocabulary and Themes C.Anachronisms II.Principle of
Responsiveness A. Responses Reflecting General Christian Experiences
B.Responses Reflecting Particular Community Experiences III.Principle of
Constituency A.Shifts in Composition B.Shifts in Hermeneutics PART
TWO:RECOVERING THE KERNEL Chapter 4An Early Christian Speech Gospel I. Five
Kernel Speeches A. First Speech: Eschatological Urgency B. Second Speech:
Eschatological Challenges C. Third Speech: Exclusive Commitment to Jesus
D.Fourth Speech: The Selection of the Worthy Few E.Fifth Speech: The
Imminent Kingdom of God II.The Prophet-Orator A. The Prophet in
Conservative Christian Judaism B.The Prophet in Ebionism C. The Prophet in
the Kernel Chapter 5: The Imminent Apocalypse I.The Eschatological and
Mystical Dimensions of Apocalyptic II.Apocalyptic Expectations in the
Kernel Sayings A.Unprecedented Chaos B. Reversal of World Order C.
Destruction of the Temple D. Final Judgment III.The Son of Man Tradition
IV.The Origins of the Kernel Gospel PART THREE: ASSESSING THE ACCRETIONS
Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Apocalypse I. When the End Did Not Come
II.Accretive Responses to the Non-Event A. The Fully Present Kingdom on
Earth B. The Primordial Adam and the Encratic Ideal C. Mysticism III.The
Hermeneutical Shift Chapter 7: The Restoration of Eden I.Sexuality in
Second Temple Judaism II. Sexuality in Earliest Christianity III.Encratism
and the Role of Eschatology IV.Encratism and the Role of Protology V.The
Origins of Thomas' Encratism Chapter 8: The In-Gathering of Stories I.The
Jewish Mystical Story A.The Heavenly Man of Light B.The Radiant Image and
Its Loss C.The Restoration of the Lost Image II.The Hermetic Story A. The
Fallen Soul B.The Recovery of the Soul Chapter 9: The Immanent Apocalypse
I. Thomas' Mysticism A. The Image of God and the Divine Double B. The
Fallen Condition of the Soul C. The Path of Liberation II. The Origins of
Thomas' Mysticism A.Alexandrian Christian Mysticism B. The Adaptation of
the Kernel Chapter 10: Thomas and Christian Origins