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A Common Written Greek Source for Mark and Thomas

A Common Written Greek Source for Mark and Thomas

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Christianity and Judaism, Book 20

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 1554582245
ISBN13: 9781554582242
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr
Published: Feb 25 2011
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book 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. A literary comparison of the texts of the sayings of Jesus that appear in both Mark and Thomas shows that each adapted an earlier collection for his own purpose. Neither Mark nor Thomas consistently gives the original or earliest form of the shared sayings; hence, Horman states, each used and adapted an earlier source. Close verbal parallels between the versions in Mark and Thomas show that the source was written in Greek. Horman's conclusion is that this common source is N.

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