Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 23:05:38 -0500 (EST)
From: William Arnal <warnal@chass.utoronto.ca>
To: "Robert W. Allison" <rallison@abacus.bates.edu>
cc: James Covey <jrcovey@cochran.com>, crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com
Subject: Re: Thomas & James & Carcasses
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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Robert W. Allison wrote:

> This is a round about way of saying that I, too, see no reason to think
> that the GT is a gnostic document.  It looks very Jewish to me.
> 
> Responses?

Only that I don't see being "Jewish" as equivalent to "not Gnostic."
Many of the Gnostic texts I've read look Jewish as well: as much as
does Thomas. I do agree, though, that the doucment does appear to
have a Jewish background.

Bill
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