medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Denis Hüe wrote:
>> Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>>
>> Dismas (1st cent.) The Good Thief, who shared the crucifixion. The
>> unnamed gospel figure may have been gifted with the name "Dismas" because
>> in early art the two thieves (especially in Syria) were depicted with sun
>> and moon above them, sometimes with the words for "east" and "west"
>> inscribed. "Dismas" is close to the Greek word for "east," so somebody
>> may have mistaken the word for the good thief's name.
>
> I have not met those inscriptions; is there a biblical text as a source ?
That rather depends on whether you regard the Gospel of Nicodemus or the
Acta Pilati as biblical.
John Briggs
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