Please note that there is another "Gospel of Thomas" that has received
much attention -- the Nag Hammadi Coptic Sayings-Gospel of Thomas. It is
probably the object of most hits from a web search. It is entirely
different from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, in which the child Jesus
shows his powers in rather arbitrary ways.
Bob
>
> One can find much info on the Gospel of Thomas with many links by typing
> "Gospel of Thomas" in the SEARCH area of your ISP. There were so many, I
> couldn't report them all and am not sure which one(s) contain(s) the text in
> question. "Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew" would probably also produce results. Or
> even "apocryphal gospel."
> KW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Kraft" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Jesus as naughty child (was Re: born-to-be-saints)
>
>
> > The text in question is normally called the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (not
> > the Protevangelium of James, which does not contain such stories), and
> > along with the traditions of the Protevangelium, it became included in the
> > medieval "Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew," as scholars have come to call the
> > composition/anthology. There are various versions, of course.
> > > I haven't heard of this text, but I'm familiar with one such story from
> an
> > > English folksong (Jesus as a child uses divine power to drown three rich
> > > children in a well for teasing him; Mary beats him with a withy switch
> as
> > > punishment, for which he curses withy plants in general ...) and I've
> been
> > > curious about its origins. Can you tell me any more about the
> > > Protoevangelium of James and the stories in it?
> > >
> > > Jonathan Gilbert
> >
>
>
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