‘Blessed is the One who Stands in the Beginning’ (L. 18): Revisiting Protological Eschatology in the Gospel of Thomas
Since its (re)discovery, the Gospel of Thomas has been a central site of debate in the study of Christian origins. Some scholars regard Thomas as a ‘fifth gospel’; others an ‘anti-Jewish’ text dependent on the Synoptics. This article revisits one of Thomas’s most distinctive themes: protological esc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 769-794 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gospel of Thomas
/ Anti-judaism
/ Eschatology
/ Gospel of Thomas 18
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | Since its (re)discovery, the Gospel of Thomas has been a central site of debate in the study of Christian origins. Some scholars regard Thomas as a ‘fifth gospel’; others an ‘anti-Jewish’ text dependent on the Synoptics. This article revisits one of Thomas’s most distinctive themes: protological eschatology. This article argues that logion 18 represents a worldview characterized by an Urzeit/Endzeit correlation, a motif relatively common in apocalyptic Judaism, and reminiscent of arguments from creation characteristic of the historical Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flab067 |