The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas: Original Language and Influences

by Simon J. Gathercole

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107686164
• ISBN13: 9781107686168
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"