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"Thomas-Marcion-Luke parallels" by M. Linnsen
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:10 am
by StephenGoranson
Martijn AT Linssen has posted a Sept. 18, 2024 publication at
https://www.academia.edu/123948288/Thom ... _parallels
Re: "Thomas-Marcion-Luke parallels" by M. Linnsen
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:26 am
by StephenGoranson
Though merely upon first reading, I still find his early dating plus an original in Coptic do not readily go together--written Coptic may not have even existed then.
The proposal that a person, Marcion, did not exist is new to me. I think he did.
Re: "Thomas-Marcion-Luke parallels" by M. Linnsen
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 7:33 am
by StephenGoranson
Though Linnsen's work offers several thought-provoking observations, I have noted that his very early dating of Coptic Thomas appears unworkable.
Further, though Jesus may have spoken Greek or Aramaic or Hebrew, or all three, it seems quite a stretch to posit--if in fact Linnsen does this--that Jesus spoke Egyptian, recorded as written Coptic.