Doubting Thomas / Glenn W. Most.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Most, Glenn W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Thomas, Apostle, Saint, active 1st century.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p. ) ill.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the New Testament, Glenn W. Most traces Thomas's permutations through the centuries: as Gnostic saint, missionary to India, paragon of Christian orthodoxy, hero of skepticism, and negative example of doubt, blasphemy, and violence. This work shows how Thomas's story, in its many guises, touches upon central questions of religion, philosophy, hermeneutics, and, not least, life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

I. The Textual Basis

Seeing and Believing

Before Thomas: The Synoptic Gospels

Believing and Touching: The Gospel of John

Touching a God

II. Responses and Developments

Sources and Reflections

Narrative Developments: The Apocrypha and Beyond

Exegetical Reactions: From the Church Fathers to the Counter-Reformation

Pictorial Versions: Thomas in Sacred Images

The Holy Finger

Afterword

Bibliographical Essays. Illustration Credits. Indexes

Bibliographical Essays

Illustration Credits

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-256) and index.

ISBN:

9780674266179

067426617X

9780674041257

0674041259

OCLC:

1013956764