http://www.gospels.net/2009/10/the-rediscovery-of-the-gospel-of-thomas/ an online resource dedicated to the Gospel of Thomas and other early Christian Gospels Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:21:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.gospels.net/2009/10/the-rediscovery-of-the-gospel-of-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 M.W. Grondin Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:59:54 +0000 http://www.gospels.net/?p=1313#comment-2289 Hi Andrew: Unfortunately, Dart's 1998 book perpetuated the widespread misbelief that the number of books/codices in the jar was thirteen. In fact there were twelve, not thirteen. The thing called "Codex XIII" isn't a codex; it's a single tractate torn from a codex in antiquity and placed inside Codex VI, perhaps specifically to avoid the unwanted symbolism of 13 books. Hi Andrew: Unfortunately, Dart’s 1998 book perpetuated the widespread misbelief that the number of books/codices in the jar was thirteen. In fact there were twelve, not thirteen. The thing called “Codex XIII” isn’t a codex; it’s a single tractate torn from a codex in antiquity and placed inside Codex VI, perhaps specifically to avoid the unwanted symbolism of 13 books.

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