Ebionite tendencies in the Jesus tradition
The article argues that the Greek version of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) is presented not so much in the genre of a Gnostic redeemer myth, but rather as a god-child myth that has neither an Orthodox nor a Gnostic orientation. Its context is rather early "Ebionite C...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2006, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 353-382 |
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| Summary: | The article argues that the Greek version of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) is presented not so much in the genre of a Gnostic redeemer myth, but rather as a god-child myth that has neither an Orthodox nor a Gnostic orientation. Its context is rather early "Ebionite Christianity". Ebionite thought refers to a school of thought among the early Jesus movements that clung to the fact that Jesus was a "Jew". The article illustrates that it is unclear what the term "Jewishness" means. The article builds upon existing research on ethnicity theory that shows an awareness of those cultural traits that one must look out for when one is analysing the ethnic identity of a certain group of people. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83247 |