Resemblance and Relation: Comparing the Gospels of Mark, John and Thomas
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Authors
Gathercole, Simon
Publication Date
2020-01-23Conference Name
Comparing Traditions
ISBN
9780567684813
Publisher
Bloomsbury
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Gathercole, S. (2020). Resemblance and Relation: Comparing the Gospels of Mark, John and Thomas. Comparing Traditions. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.48111
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to compare the Gospels of Mark, John and Thomas, and
in so doing to discuss two distinct kinds of comparison. These two kinds of comparison
have different goals, namely the identification of ‘resemblance’ and the identification of
‘relation’. This chapter is a fragment of a larger argument to be published in monograph
form, which will be a broader comparison of early Christian Gospels including all the
canonical Gospels and seven of the most important non-canonical works. There is
value in comparing Mark, John and Thomas, however, because a number of scholars
have sought to argue for commonalities between Thomas and John, often with the
claim that they have more in common with each other than they do with the Synoptics.
Hence Mark is included here in this chapter as an example of a Synoptic Gospel.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.48111
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