Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas, the famous collection of Jesus' sayings found in Nag Hammadi in 1945, radically changes our understanding of the origins of Christianity. The Gospel is
The rise of early Christianity has been examined from a myriad of perspectives, but until recently ritual has been a neglected topic. Ritual and Christian Beginnings: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis argues
The rise of early Christianity has been examined from a myriad of perspectives, but until recently ritual has been a neglected topic.Ritual and Christian Beginnings: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis argues
Emerging from the Thomasine Traditions Group of the Society of Biblical Literature, 12 studies consider the social context of passages and themes in the Gospel of Thomas. Their topics include Thomas 4
Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building blocks of religious traditions and that these two components of religion are interrelated and interdep
