A Common Written Greek Source for Mark and Thomas by John Horman

A Common Written Greek Source for Mark and Thomas by John Horman

Uncovers an early collection of sayings, called N, that are ascribed to Jesus and are similar to those found in the Gospel of Thomas and in Q, a document believed to be a common source, with Mark, for Matthew and Luke. In the process, the book sheds light on the literary methods of Mark and Thomas.

``This is a very learned, thoughtful, meticulous work of scholarship that adds a novel alternative to the various theories on the sources and composition histories of the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Thomas, the latter especiallyThe N hypothesis will be provocative in the best sense; it will provoke debate, surely criticism, scholarly re-thinking of how to account for the composition of the Gospel of Thomas, still a front of hyper-activity in scholarship on early Christianity and its literature.'' -- Willi Braun, University of Alberta, editor of[http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/braun.shtml Rhetoric andReality in Early Christianities] (WLU Press, 2005) -- 201101
``Systematically working through the evidence, H. makes a strong case for a shared written source behind parts of Mark and Thomas. If he is correct, we have a sayings source as old as Q but with a different viewpoint. More speculative are H.'s ideas about the secondary nature of narrative (includng passion narrative) in early Christian writing and about the lack of interest in a narrative of Jesus' life until the mid-second century. The question of how and where the Gospel of Thomas continued to expand beyond the common written source is left open. The stream of Thomas research shows little sign of abating or reaching a consensus, but H. adds important data and analysis to the ongoing effort.'' -- Janet Timbie, The Catholic University of America -- Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 75, 2013, 201309
``Without doubt this is an innovative hypothesis, which carefully reconstructs proposed earlier forms of traditions behind shared Markan and Thomasine parallels. Readers will be grateful for the care displayed in handling both Coptic and Greek sayings, and the technical skills used to recreate the form that is suggested to underlie these parallels.'' -- Paul Foster -- Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 34(5), 2012, 201208

John Horman received his Ph.D. from McMaster University in 1973 and is an independent scholar from Waterloo, ON. He has published in Novum Testamentum, and this is his first book.

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ISBN 13	9781554582242
ISBN 10	1554582245
Title	A Common Written Greek Source for Mark and Thomas
Author	John Horman
Series	Studies In Christianity And Judaism
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Year published	2011-02-28
Number of pages	270
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