Download or read book Seeking the Imperishable Treasure written by Steven R Johnson and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities and identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles, as well as the Gospel of Thomas and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction history of this wisdom admonition, the author observes at least two distinctly different wisdom themes that are applied to the saying: the proper disposition of wealth and the search for knowledge, wisdom, or God. What he discovers is a saying of Jesus with roots in Jewish wisdom and pietistic traditions, as well as popular Greek philosophy that proved amazingly adaptable in its application to differing social and rhetorical contexts of the first century.
Download or read book The Gospel of Thomas written by Simon James Gathercole and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new commentary on the controversial Gospel of Thomas, Simon Gathercole provides the most extensive analysis yet published of both the work as a whole and of the individual sayings contained in it. This commentary offers a fresh analysis of Thomas not from the perspective of form criticism and source criticism but seeks to elucidate the meaning of the work and its constituent elements in its second-century context. With its lucid discussion of the various controversial aspects of Thomas, and treatment of the various different scholarly views, this is a foundational work of reference for scholars not just of apocryphal Gospels, but also for New Testament scholars, Classicists and Patrologists.
Download or read book Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel according to Thomas written by Charles W. Hedrick and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation of the Gospel of Thomas represents a departure from the usual literal English of previous publications. It aims at providing a reader-friendly translation of the original Coptic language in contemporary idiomatic English, while remaining true to the complexities of the Coptic. The commentary seeks to clarify each saying as it likely would have been understood in the historical context of the Coptic language during the period of Thomas's popularity in Egypt. The sayings in Thomas in this period are no longer sayings of the Jewish man Jesus of Nazareth, but they have become sayings of a revelation bearer, the living Jesus, who announces a radical faith for a new age of the church. The historical matrix that best serves to inform the text is found in a continuation, albeit in a radical direction, of the traditional faiths represented in the earliest Christian literature.
Download or read book The wisdom of Jesus written by Emma Cataneo and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wisdom of Jesus , immerse yourself in a historical and spiritual exploration of the original teachings of Yeshua, revealed through ancient and mysterious texts. This unique book reveals fresh perspectives on early Christianity, focusing not only on the Gospel of Thomas but also on the writings of James, Mary Magdalene, and Philip, as well as the fascinating Discourse of the Savior. Discover how these texts, including papyrus 87.5575, shed a different light on Jesus' words, often in contrast to the canonical versions. This book is an invitation to rediscover the teachings of Jesus, freeing them from established dogmas to reveal their deep and universal wisdom. The Wisdom of Jesus is not just a historical study; it is a guide for those searching for meaning, offering a renewed perspective on spirituality and human nature. A fascinating journey that transforms the perception of the teachings of Jesus, suitable for everyone, believers, sceptics or simply curious. Join this spiritual adventure to explore the timeless wisdom of one of humanity's greatest sages.
Download or read book A Marginal Jew Rethinking the Historical Jesus Volume V written by John P. Meier and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late nineteenth century, New Testament scholars have operated on the belief that most, if not all, of the narrative parables in the Synoptic Gospels can be attributed to the historical Jesus. This book challenges that consensus and argues instead that only four parables—those of the Mustard Seed, the Evil Tenants, the Talents, and the Great Supper—can be attributed to the historical Jesus with fair certitude. In this eagerly anticipated fifth volume of A Marginal Jew, John Meier approaches this controversial subject with the same rigor and insight that garnered his earlier volumes praise from such publications as the New York Times and Christianity Today. This seminal volume pushes forward his masterful body of work in his ongoing quest for the historical Jesus.
Download or read book Q 12 33 34 written by Steven R. Johnson and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eighth volume in the Documenta Q series is concerned with the reconstruction of the Q text behind Luke 12:33-34 par. Matt 6:19-21. Storing up Treasures in Heaven takes up important wisdom themes such as the proper disposition of wealth, the importance of prioritizing one's thoughts and concerns, and the means to gaining eternal - not temporal - rewards. Parallels are found in literature as early and diverse as the Gospels of Mark, John, and Thomas, the Epistle of James, and Justin's Apology. The International Q Project's presentation of the critical text of Q 12:33-34, together with the exhaustive history of research on which it is based, will considerably enhance research in the Sayings Gospel Q, the historical Jesus, and the ethical concerns of early Jesus movements.
Download or read book What Are You Seeking written by J Krishnamurti and published by Krishnamurti Foundation America. This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these talks, given in Ojai and India, Krishnamurti discusses the nature of the observer. He states in the beginning, "to understand the confusion and misery that exist in ourselves, and in the world, we must first find clarity within ourselves and this clarity comes about through right thinking...Right thinking comes with self knowledge. Without understanding yourself, you have no basis for thought; without self-knowledge what you think is not true."
Download or read book Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1995 2006 written by David Scholer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of the immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography, the first volume of which covered 1948–1969 and was the first publication in the Nag Hammadi Studies series. The second volume covered 1970–1994. This third volume provides a complete integration of Supplements II/1–II/8 to the Bibliography as published in Novum Testamentum 1998–2008, with additions and corrections. This latest update contains 3,063 entries, with the set of three volumes containing 11,580 entries. Nag Hammadi and Gnostic studies continue to be of critical importance for the study of ancient religions in the Graeco-Roman world and for the study of the world of early Christianity, and the present bibliography provides an indispensable reference tool for work in these fields.
Download or read book Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing written by Richard A. Horsley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embedded in modern print culture, biblical scholars have been projecting the assumptions and concepts of print culture onto the texts they interpret. In the ancient world from which those texts originate, however, literacy was confined to only a small number of educated scribes. And, as recent research has shown, even the literate scribes learned texts by repeated recitation, while the nonliterate ordinary people had little if any direct contact with written scrolls. The texts that had taken distinctive form, moreover, were embedded in a broader and deeper cultural repertoire cultivated orally in village communities as well as in scribal circles. Only recently have some scholars struggled to appreciate texts that later became "biblical" in their own historical context of oral communication. Exploration of texts in oral performance--whether as scribal teachers' instruction to their proteges or as prophetic speeches of Jesus of Nazareth or as the performance of a whole Gospel story in a community of Jesus-loyalists--requires interpreters to relinquish their print-cultural assumptions. Widening exploration of texts in oral performance in other fields offers exciting new possibilities for allowing those texts to come alive again in their community contexts as they resonated with the cultural tradition in which they were embedded.
Download or read book The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas written by Simon Gathercole and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses two central questions in current research on the Gospel of Thomas: what was its original language and which early Christian works influenced it? At present, theories of Thomas as a Semitic work abound. Simon Gathercole dismantles these approaches, arguing instead that Thomas is Greek literature and that the matter of Thomas's original language is connected with an even more controverted question: that of the relationship between Thomas and the canonical New Testament. Rather than being independent of Matthew, Mark and Luke (as in most Western Aramaic theories of Thomas) or thoroughly dependent on the four gospels (as in most Syriac approaches), Gathercole develops a newly refined approach to how Thomas is influenced by the Synoptic Gospels. Thomas can be seen to refer to Matthew as a gospel writer, and evidence is discussed showing that Thomas incorporates phraseology distinctive to Luke, while also extending that special Lukan language.
Download or read book Nag Hammadi Bibliography written by David M. Scholer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of the immensely useful "Nag Hammadi Bibliography," the first volume of which covered 1948a "1969 and was the first publication in the Nag Hammadi Studies series. The second volume covered 1970a "1994. This third volume provides a complete integration of Supplements II/1a "II/8 to the Bibliography as published in "Novum Testamentum" 1998a "2008, with additions and corrections. This latest update contains 3,063 entries, with the set of three volumes containing 11,580 entries. Nag Hammadi and Gnostic studies continue to be of critical importance for the study of ancient religions in the Graeco-Roman world and for the study of the world of early Christianity, and the present bibliography provides an indispensable reference tool for work in these fields.
Download or read book Tirumantiram written by ebooksusr and published by Sri Ramakrishna Math. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 1143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tirumantiram is one of the seminal texts of Saiva Siddhanta which has powerfully influenced millions of southern Indians for generations. Its author, Tirumular, was a legendary yogi who through his famous mantra ‘God is Love’ preaches that God is one and so is mankind. A Tamil classic of 3047 verses, Tirumantiram is categorised under 9 Tantras and each Tantra into chapters. The introduction gives a bird’s eye view of the text and detailed notes on Tirumular, Saiva Siddhanta and the Tantras. Apart from its literary merits, the book blazes a number of spiritual trails brimming with devotion. This English translation, along with some of the notes, are by Dr. B. Natarajan, a profound Tamil scholar. Sri M. Sundararaj has written a commentary incorporated in the introduction and some of the notes. Dr N. Mahalingam is the General Editor of the book. This book is meant for students of Saivism and devotional literature all over the world.
Download or read book Didimus The Beloved Disciple written by and published by Frederick Guttmann. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the narratives about the life of Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth) documented by Luke, Mttew, Mark and Jhon, Thomas the Didymus also recorded the Sayings of the teacher who changed the world. Thomas Didymus was one of the twelve main apostles of Yeshua (as recorded in Matthew 10:3, John 11:16, 14:5, 20:24-29, 21:2 and Acts 1:13). They called him “Didymus” (Greek for 'Twin') because of his remarkable physical appearance similar to Yeshua's. Some say that, in reality, this one, Thomas, was the so-called 'Beloved Disciple', mentioned in the Gospel of John.
Download or read book The Intellectual repository for the New Church July Sept 1817 Continued as The Intellectual repository and New Jerusalem magazine Enlarged ser vol 1 28 written by New Church gen. confer and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Instant Messaging with Immortals written by Can LanDiGua and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 1033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Yunfan had bought a second-hand computer with an ordinary 'Three Sans Sans Diaos'. It was actually a communication device used by deities! His life had undergone a tremendous change! If you have nothing to do, do it with a fairy! Take advantage of Chang'e when you're bored! Since he didn't have the money to buy immortal pills, he might as well sell a bag of spicy gluten! King of Hell, Jade Emperor heard Li Yunfan's name and started trembling, crying as he hugged Li Yunfan's leg. "Brother Li, give me another packet of spicy gluten!"
Download or read book A Radical Journey to the Higher Country written by Mark VanSkiver and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sermon on the Mount ends with the words, "And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching." For over two millennia, the astonishing words of Jesus from the Sermon Mount have transformed the lives of incalculable numbers of people living obediently to the way of kingdom life proclaimed by the Lord. Jesus knew full well the power of His words during His earthly ministry and prophesied, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words will never pass away." As readers embark on A Radical Journey to the Higher Country, they will travel with brothers and sisters--prophets, poets, and mystics past and present--who have been transformed by the power of the Messiah's astonishing words from the Sermon on the Mount and throughout the New Testament. A tapestry of noted voices pertaining to the themes of kingdom life, revealed by Jesus in the great sermon, is weaved carefully in this devotional format to encourage every follower of Jesus. As travelers journey upward to the higher country by way of guideposts and waypoints, they will arrive at the summit of the Sermon Mount, finding strength and empowerment to live intentionally, by the grace of God, to illuminate the way of Jesus in this turbulent world.
Download or read book Meditations and Prayers for Every Situation and Occasion in Life written by Jonas Ennery and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
