RLST 152: Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature
Lecture 08 - The Gospel of Thomas. We have known of the existence of the Gospel of Thomas from ancient writers, but it was only after the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Codices that the actual text became available. The Gospel of Thomas is basically a collection of sayings, or logia, that sometimes seem similar, perhaps more primitive than sayings found in the canonical Gospels. Sometimes, however, the sayings seem better explained as reflecting a "Gnostic" understanding of the world. This involves a rejection of the material world and a desire for gnosis, a secret knowledge, in order to escape the world and return to the divine being. (from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 08 - The Gospel of Thomas |
Time | Lecture Chapters |
[00:00:00] | 1. The Nag Hammadi Codices and Thomasine Literature |
[00:10:35] | 2. The Sayings of the Gospel of Thomas |
[00:28:15] | 3. Proto-orthodoxy and Gnosticism |
References |
Lecture 8 - The Gospel of Thomas Instructor: Professor Dale B. Martin. Handout: Section Topics [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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