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Book/Printed Material The Gospel of Thomas and Plato : a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel"

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Title

  • The Gospel of Thomas and Plato : a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel"

Summary

  • "In The Gospel of Thomas and Plato, Ivan Miroshnikov contributes to the study of the earliest Christian engagements with philosophy by offering the first systematic discussion of the impact of Platonism on the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and cryptic works among the Nag Hammadi writings. Miroshnikov demonstrates that a Platonist lens is indispensable to the understanding of a number of the Thomasine sayings that have, for decades, remained elusive as exegetical cruces. The Gospel of Thomas is thus an important witness to the early stages of the process that eventually led to the Platonist formulation of certain Christian dogmata"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Miroshnikov, Ivan, 1986- author

Created / Published

  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Contents

  • Setting the scene -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the world -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the body and the soul -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on oneness -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on stability -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on immutability and indivisibility -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on freedom from anger -- Thomasine metaphysics of the image and its Platonist background.

Headings

  • -  Plato--Influence
  • -  Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)--Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • -  Platonists--Influence

Notes

  • -  Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2016.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BS2860.T52

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018039018

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Miroshnikov, Ivan, Author. The Gospel of Thomas and Plato: a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel". [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2018] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018039018/.

APA citation style:

Miroshnikov, I. (2018) The Gospel of Thomas and Plato: a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel". [Leiden ; Boston: Brill] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018039018/.

MLA citation style:

Miroshnikov, Ivan, Author. The Gospel of Thomas and Plato: a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel". [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018039018/>.