Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas

Author:   April D. DeConick
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
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Pages:   225
Publication Date:   30 July 2017
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Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas


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Author:   April D. DeConick
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781481307925


ISBN 10:   1481307924
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   30 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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The real value of Seek to See Him lies in the fact that DeConick introduces into the discussion of the Gospel of Thomas a set of texts and traditions that has been neglected but should be taken seriously in the interpretation of Thomas.--Marvin Meyer Journal of Biblical Literature DeConick offers a serious alternative to the common classification of the Gospel of Thomas as Gnostic and provides a helpful, needed exposition of the role of ascent and the visio Dei in Thomas' anthropogony and soteriology.--D. Jeffrey Bingham Journal of Early Christian Studies DeConick offers a serious alternative to the common classification of the Gospel of Thomas as Gnostic and provides a helpful, needed exposition of the role of ascent and the visio Dei in Thomas' anthropogony and soteriology.The real value of Seek to See Him lies in the fact that DeConick introduces into the discussion of the Gospel of Thomas a set of texts and traditions that has been neglected but should be taken seriously in the interpretation of Thomas.


The real value of Seek to See Him lies in the fact that DeConick introduces into the discussion of the Gospel of Thomas a set of texts and traditions that has been neglected but should be taken seriously in the interpretation of Thomas. --Marvin Meyer Journal of Biblical Literature DeConick offers a serious alternative to the common classification of the Gospel of Thomas as Gnostic and provides a helpful, needed exposition of the role of ascent and the visio Dei in Thomas' anthropogony and soteriology. --D. Jeffrey Bingham Journal of Early Christian Studies


DeConick offers a serious alternative to the common classification of the Gospel of Thomas as Gnostic and provides a helpful, needed exposition of the role of ascent and the visio Dei in Thomas' anthropogony and soteriology. --D. Jeffrey Bingham Journal of Early Christian Studies The real value of Seek to See Him lies in the fact that DeConick introduces into the discussion of the Gospel of Thomas a set of texts and traditions that has been neglected but should be taken seriously in the interpretation of Thomas. --Marvin Meyer Journal of Biblical Literature


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April D. DeConick is Chair of the Department of Religion and Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Rice University (Houston, Texas). She specializes in early Christian history and theology, noncanonical Gospels, and gnostic and mystical traditions, and she was an editor of Baylor University Press' Israel's God and Rebecca's Children: Christology and Community in Early Judaism and Christianity.

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