The Beloved Disciple in Conflict?: Revisiting the Gospels of John and Thomas

by Ismo Dunderberg

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Was the Gospel of John written in critical response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was it directed to the Christians among whom Thomas originated? Ismo Dunderberg challenges these views, arguing that the two gospels were written at about the same time but without knowledge of each other. He also offers a thorough discussion of the identity and functions of the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John, throwing new lighton this figure by comparing show more it to other `beloved' disciples of Jesus in early Christian literature. This part of Dunderberg's analys show less

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Ismo Dunderberg
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Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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226.5 — Religion The Bible Gospels and Acts John
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BS2452 .B36 .D86 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion The Bible The Bible New Testament Works about the New Testament Men, women, and children of the New Testament
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