Subject: Re: Thoughts of GosThom
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:22:39 -0700
From: Andrew Bernhard <cabern@teleport.com>
To: crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com

I've been reading a bit about the Gospel of Thomas lately and was wondering
what others would think if I were to make the following statement: the debate
about the origin of the Gospel of Thomas boils down to two essential
arguments.  The argument for an early origin, independent of any of the
canonical gospels is based on form critical grounds, i.e. sayings in the Gospel
of Thomas are consistently more primitive than their canonical counterparts.
The argument for a late origin, dependent on the canonical gospels is based on
some verbatim agreements between the Gospel of Thomas and the canonical
gospels.

In this short summary (which might be worded better), have I gotten to the
heart of the issue?

Andrew