The gospel of Thomas and Plato : : a study of the impact of platonism on the "Fifth Gospel" / / by Ivan Miroshnikov.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 93
• Author: Miroshnikov, Ivan I͡Akovlevich.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill.; c2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 324 pages).

In The Gospel of Thomas and Plato , Ivan Miroshnikov contributes to the study of the earliest Christian engagements with philosophy by offering the first systematic discussion of the impact of Platonism on the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and cryptic works among the Nag Hammadi writings. Miroshnikov demonstrates that a Platonist lens is indispensable to the understanding of a number of the Thomasine sayings that have, for decades, remained elusive as exegetical cruces. The Gospel of Thomas is thus an important witness to the early stages of the process that eventually led to the Platonist formulation of certain Christian dogmata.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- A Note to the Reader -- Setting the Scene -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the World -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the Body and the Soul -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Oneness -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Stability -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Immutability and Indivisibility -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Freedom from Anger -- Thomasine Metaphysics of the Image and Its Platonist Background -- Concluding Remarks -- The Greek Vorlage of Gos. Thom. 12:2 -- The Secondary Nature of Gos. Thom. 5:3 -- A Note on Gos. Thom. 77:1 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources.