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Secret Gospels: Essays on Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Mark »

Book cover image of Secret Gospels: Essays on Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Mark by Marvin W. Meyer

Authors: Marvin W. Meyer
ISBN-13: 9781563384097, ISBN-10: 1563384094
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: February 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Marvin W. Meyer

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction1
Pt. 1Gospel of Thomas
1Albert Schweitzer and the Image of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas17
2The Beginning of the Gospel of Thomas39
3Seeing or Coming to the Child of the Living One? More on Gospel of Thomas Saying 3754
4"Be Passersby": Gospel of Thomas Saying 42, Jesus Traditions, and Islamic Literature59
5Making Mary Male: The Categories "Male" and "Female" in the Gospel of Thomas76
6Gospel of Thomas Saying 114 Revisited96
Pt. 2Secret Gospel of Mark
7The Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark109
8The Youth in Secret Mark and the Beloved Disciple in John135
9The Naked Youths in the Villa of the Mysteries, Canonical Mark, and Secret Mark149
10Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark and Secret Mark168
Bibliography179
Index191

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