This is a very interesting discussion of Gnostic gospels and I was interested to learn that it may well be that the Gospel of Thomas may not deserve to be lumped in with the gnostic writings, it could be earlier and it does not betray normal Gnostic emphases, though in fact it seem that it may not add anything much to the canonical gospels.
Useful still when following up the Da Vinci Code and certain 'NewAge' claims.
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The Bible in a Disenchanted Age -a brief review
Why this book? For me? -I've been finding myself wanting to wrestle more and more with the interface between scholarly questions and de...
-
Interesting insight into the Muslim world: my favourite progresive muslim site has been hacked and attacked by islamists accusing those who ...
-
Some readers will recall that I'm keen in principle on a thorough review of the way we do dioceses in the CofE. I'm not starry-eyed...
-
This book is one that I now seriously consider recommending to the student Christian groups I'm in touch with whose basis is Evangelic...
No comments:
Post a Comment