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 | | The Gospel of Philip— as can be inferred from its entries 51, 82, 84, 98, 101, 137 and 139— was composed both before and after 70 AD by Philip called the Evangelist(!), who appears in the Book of Acts at 6:1-6, 8:4-40 and 21:8-14. |
 | | For my translation of Thomas, I have utilized the first edition of the Coptic with line-by-line English, French, German and Dutch translations, as published in: The Gospel according to Thomas (edited by Antoine Guillaumont, Henri-Charles Puech, Gilles Quispel, Walter Till and Yassah ‘Abd al-Masih), Leiden: E.J. Brill; New York: Harper and Brothers; London: Collins, 1959. |
 | | Elaine H. Pagels, 'Exegesis of Genesis 1 in the Gospels of Thomas and John', Journal of Biblical Literature (1999): The sayings [in the Thomas Gospel] are not randomly arranged, but carefully ordered to lead one through a process of seeking and finding 'the interpretation of these sayings' (log.1).... |
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