Subject: Re: rest/Jordan (GT 2)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 16:48:52 -0400
From: "Stevan Davies" <miser17@epix.net>
To: crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com

> From:          "Jacob Knee"

> Can anyone recommend anything written on the theological use of the concept
> of 'rest' in early christianity.

""Paul's" Letter" to Hebrews often uses "rest" in a sense similar to
the sense it is found in Thomas and Matthew 11:28-29. Otherwise
not in the NT.

If you do not know about the  WWW Bible Gateway it is
a wonderful source for word-searches. I use it daily.
http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible

Another wonderful source for word-searches is
http://www.webcom.com/cgi-bin/glimpse
which will give you citations from every early Christian text and
gnostic text you ever heard of and a hundred more.

One could write a whole dissertation on "rest" from these
two resources alone.

> Any recommendations for further reading about 'resting'? (Wasn't someone
> asking about GThomas and baptism - slightly curious if baptism is in mind

Davies on Baptism in Thomas
http://www.miseri.edu/davies/thomas/seven.htm
some folks think this is a pretty strong case... I don't anymore.

> why - as I remember it - maybe wrong - there is no mention of either the
> Jordan or Spirit - is Spirit mentioned in GThomas at all?)

Alas, no. Implied in 13/108 if you make an enormous effort.

Steve