a new Gospel of Thomas book excerpt
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:32 am
The Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas
The Genesis of a Wisdom Tradition
By David W. Kim
Hardback, 312 Pages
$128.00
ISBN 9780367629229
Published July 2, 2021 by Routledge
The first 30 pages (intro, with some history of scholarship) are available at amazon.com—that is, available today and on USA amazon; sometimes previews go away or may be different or not available in different countries.
(As I have written, though I’m interested in gTh, I’m no expert on it. I quoted “authorities” merely to show that the Coptic writing system is not yet attested in many, sometimes-datable, papyri in circa first century CE. Also, though, to me, Coptic Thomas later than gMark etc. seems more probable than the reverse, when looking at one gnomic saying, it may also be possible that a folk proverb preceded both.)
(PS I am not endorsing everything written there, but thought some might be interested.)
(PPS The Coptic writing system apparently did not start out unified, nor, apparently, did the earlier Egyptian Demotic system.)
The Genesis of a Wisdom Tradition
By David W. Kim
Hardback, 312 Pages
$128.00
ISBN 9780367629229
Published July 2, 2021 by Routledge
The first 30 pages (intro, with some history of scholarship) are available at amazon.com—that is, available today and on USA amazon; sometimes previews go away or may be different or not available in different countries.
(As I have written, though I’m interested in gTh, I’m no expert on it. I quoted “authorities” merely to show that the Coptic writing system is not yet attested in many, sometimes-datable, papyri in circa first century CE. Also, though, to me, Coptic Thomas later than gMark etc. seems more probable than the reverse, when looking at one gnomic saying, it may also be possible that a folk proverb preceded both.)
(PS I am not endorsing everything written there, but thought some might be interested.)
(PPS The Coptic writing system apparently did not start out unified, nor, apparently, did the earlier Egyptian Demotic system.)