TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miroshnikov, Ivan
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - Gospel of Thomas and Plato: a study of the impact of Platonism on the "Fifth Gospel"
T3  - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies 93
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Influence
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Platonists
AB  - "In The Gospel of Thomas and Plato, Ivan Miroshnikov contributes to the study of the earliest Christian engagements with philosophy by offering the first systematic discussion of the impact of Platonism on the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and cryptic works among the Nag Hammadi writings. Miroshnikov demonstrates that a Platonist lens is indispensable to the understanding of a number of the Thomasine sayings that have, for decades, remained elusive as exegetical cruces. The Gospel of Thomas is thus an important witness to the early stages of the process that eventually led to the Platonist formulation of certain Christian dogmata"--
SN  - 9789004367296
UR  - http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004367296
UR  - https://brill.com/abstract/title/38096
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004367296
DO  - 10.1163/9789004367296
LA  - English
N1  - by Ivan Miroshnikov
ID  - 1018640894
ER  -