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Other Important Publications Discussing the Relationship Between the Gospels of John and Thomas

September 15th, 2009 by Andrew Bernhard under Gospel of Thomas. 3 Comments.

My apologies for not posting Dr. Skinner’s bibliography yesterday (I failed to do so only because it was late), but here it is now. Those interested in learning more about the different scholarly perspectives on the relationship between the Gospels of John and Thomas should definitely consult the works below for a balanced perspective.

By April D. DeConick:

• “‘Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen’ (Jn 20:29): Johannine Dramatization of an Early Christian Discourse.” In The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years: Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration, edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire, 381–98. NHMS 44. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
• “John Rivals Thomas: From Community Conflict to Gospel Narrative.” In Jesus in the Johannine Tradition, edited by Robert T. Fortna and Tom Thatcher, 303–12. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.
• Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospel of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature. Sheffield, Sheffield, 2001.
• Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas. VCSup 33. Leiden: Brill, 1996.

By Ismo Dunderberg:

• The Beloved Disciple in Conflict? Revisiting the Gospels of John and Thomas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
• “Beloved Disciple in John: Ideal Figure in an Early Christian Controversy?” In Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity, Essays in Honour of Heikki Räisänen, by Ismo Dunderberg, Christopher Tuckett, and Kari Syreeni, 243–69. NovTSup 103. Leiden: Brill, 2001.
• “John and Thomas in Conflict?” In The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years: Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration, edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire, 361–80. NHMS 44. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
• “Thomas and the Beloved Disciple.” In Thomas at the Crossroads: Essays on the Gospel of Thomas, edited by Risto Uro, 65–88. Studies of the New Testament and Its World. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1998.
• “Thomas’ I-Sayings and the Gospel of John.” In Thomas at the Crossroads: Essays on the Gospel of Thomas, edited Risto Uro, 33–63. Studies of the New Testament and Its World. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1998.

By Elaine Pagels:

• Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003.
• “Exegesis of Genesis 1 in the Gospels of Thomas and John.” JBL 118 (1999) 477–96.
• The Gnostic Gospels. New York: Random House, 1979.

By Gregory J. Riley:

• Resurrection Reconsidered: John and Thomas in Controversy. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.