Secret Gospels : essays on Thomas and the secret Gospel of Mark / Marvin Meyer ; cover design, Wesley Hoke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Marvin W., author.

Contributor:

Hoke, Wesley, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocryphal Gospels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Trinity Press International, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marvin Meyer is one of the leading experts on the secret gospelsGÇöGospel of Thomas, Secret Gospel of Mark, and othersGÇöwho has changed forever how we read the canonical gospels and understand early Christianity. In this new collection of his work, Meyer looks at these revolutionary texts in original and illuminating ways.He writes, for example, about the naked youths in the villa of the Mysteries. On the walls of a villa in Pompeii, a famous mural depicts a naked male reading from a scroll, a look of wonder on his face. A naked youth again appears in the Gospel of Mark, abandoning his garmen

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: GOSPEL OF THOMAS; 1. Albert Schweitzer and the Image of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas; 2. The Beginning of the Gospel of Thomas; 3. Seeing or Coming to the Child of the Living One? More on Gospel of Thomas Saying 37; 4. ""Be Passersby"": Gospel of Thomas Saying 42, Jesus Traditions, and Islamic Literature; 5. Making Mary Male: The Categories ""Male"" and ""Female"" in the Gospel of Thomas; 6. Gospel of Thomas Saying 114 Revisited; Part Two: SECRET GOSPEL OF MARK; 7. The Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark

8. The Youth in Secret Mark and the Beloved Disciple in John9. The Naked Youths in the Villa of the Mysteries, Canonical Mark, and Secret Mark; 10. Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark and Secret Mark; Bibliography; Index; C; F; G; L; M; Q; S; Z

Notes:

Cover image: Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi Codex II, page 51: The conclusion of the Gospel of Thomas, with the title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613200501

9781283200509

1283200503

9780567544018

056754401X

OCLC:

741691453