RT Book T1 The childhood of Jesus: decoding the apocryphal Infancy gospel of Thomas A1 Aasgaard, Reidar 1955- LA English LA Ancient Greek PP Eugene, Oregon PB Cascade Books YR 2009 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/607954485 AB The history of research -- Oral/written tradition -- Narrative and literary features -- Daily life and social relations -- Cultural concepts and values -- Jesus as a child -- Jesus from boy to man -- Intertextuality: reflections of the Bible -- Strange sayings -- Main theological issues -- A popular tale from early rural Christianity -- Christianity's first children's story -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Greek text -- Appendix 2. English translation -- Appendix 3. The structure of Ga/Gb/Gd -- Appendix 4. Designations of individual episodes -- Appendix 5. Survey of Greek variants and the versions -- Appendix 6. Survey of IGT evidence by century -- Appendix 7. Survey of early Christian infancy stories NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 259-276 SN 1-60608-126-8 SN 978-1-60608-126-6 K1 Gospel of Thomas (Infancy Gospel) : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Apocryphal infancy Gospels