The childhood of Jesus : decoding the apocryphal Infancy gospel of Thomas

The childhood of Jesus : decoding the apocryphal Infancy gospel of Thomas

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aasgaard, Reidar
Format:	Book
Language:	English Ancient Greek
Published:	Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, c2009 Eugene, Or. : [2009], ©2009 Eugene, Or. : c2009 Eugene, Or. : ©2009 Eugene, Or. : [2009]
Subjects:	Gospel of Thomas (Infancy Gospel) Gospel of Thomas (Infancy Gospel) > Criticism, interpretation, etc Apocryphal infancy Gospels Criticism, interpretation, etc

Table of Contents:

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