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
>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|