The Gospel of Thomas : : introduction and commentary / / by Simon Gathercole.

• Superior document: Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, Volume 11
• VerfasserIn: Gathercole, Simon J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Texts and editions for New Testament study ; Volume 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (735 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In this new commentary on the controversial Gospel of Thomas , Simon Gathercole provides the most extensive analysis yet published of both the work as a whole and of the individual sayings contained in it. This commentary offers a fresh analysis of Thomas not from the perspective of form criticism and source criticism but seeks to elucidate the meaning of the work and its constituent elements in its second-century context. With its lucid discussion of the various controversial aspects of Thomas, and treatment of the various different scholarly views, this is a foundational work of reference for scholars not just of apocryphal Gospels, but also for New Testament scholars, Classicists and Patrologists.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Simon Gathercole -- Manuscripts / Simon Gathercole -- A Comparison of the Greek and Coptic Texts / Simon Gathercole -- Named Testimonia to Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- Early References to the Contents of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- The Original Language of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- The Provenance of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- The Date of Thomas (with Authorship) / Simon Gathercole -- The Structure of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- The Genre of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- The Religious Outlook of Thomas / Simon Gathercole -- Thomas, the New Testament and the Historical Jesus / Simon Gathercole -- The Plan of the Commentary / Simon Gathercole -- Commentary / Simon Gathercole -- Bibliography / Simon Gathercole -- Indexes / Simon Gathercole.