Originally posted on June 9 of this year. The note from Bob J. earlier today reminded me that I intended on reposting this from time to time.
I suppose that there are some few folk that are intrigued by the sayings within the Gospel of Thomas as I am. Like others in this search I’ve scoured the web looking for what I could find; some of those findings I’ve posted on this site. In some postings I provided attribution and in other I just let them stand on their own. It occurs to me that I might have have been a little bit selfish by not sharing one of the better sources for ‘technical’ or ‘scholarly’ assessment of the writing.
I don’t want to resemble the bad guys (Pharisees) in Saying 102 (Woe unto the Pharisees. For what they resemble is a dog sleeping in the manger of some cattle, for it neither eats nor lets the cattle feed). So, I thought I’d provide a link to the resource. It is here.
A short note (for those of you that have not yet dashed over to the linked site): Don’t take the ‘Scholarly Quotes’ as gospel. Over time I’ve realized that some of the scholars are biased. That is to say they may be pushing an agenda or may be trying to influence the reader to come to a conclusion that the scholar champions. They themselves may have come to resemble the ‘bad guy’ in 102 !
Enjoy. OBTW, my plan is to occasionally re-post this so others will be aware of the resource.