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In The Gospel of Thomas and Plato , Ivan Miroshnikov contributes to the study of the earliest Christian engagements with philosophy by offering the first systematic discussion of the impact of Platonism on the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and cryptic works among the Nag Hammadi writings. Miroshnikov demonstrates that a Platonist lens is indispensable to the understanding of a number of the Thomasine sayings that have, for decades, remained elusive as exegetical cruces. The Gospel of Thomas is thus an important witness to the early stages of the process that eventually led to the Platonist formulation of certain Christian dogmata.

Platonists. --- Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Platonism --- Philosophers --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Bible. --- Evangelie van Thomas (Coptic Gospel) --- Evangelium Thomae Copticum --- Thomas-Evangelium (Coptic Gospel) --- Toma Pogŭmsŏ (Coptic Gospel) --- Plato --- Influence. --- Platon --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- Платон --- プラトン --- Christianity

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The essays collected in The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Origins offer a series new chapters in the history of Christianity's first century. Stephen J. Patterson, whose work on the Gospel of Thomas has circulated widely for more than two decades, argues that taking this new source seriously will require rethinking a number of basic issues, including the assumed apocalyptic origins of early Christian faith, the supposed centrality of Jesus' death and resurrection, and the role of Platonism in formulation of both orthodox and heterodox Christian theology.

Apocryphal books --- Church history --- Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Apocryphal books. --- 229*411 --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Apocryphal literature --- Pseudepigrapha --- Sacred books --- Evangelie van Thomas. Koptisch evangelie van Thomas --- Bible. --- Evangelie van Thomas (Coptic Gospel) --- Evangelium Thomae Copticum --- Thomas-Evangelium (Coptic Gospel) --- Toma Pogŭmsŏ (Coptic Gospel) --- 229*411 Evangelie van Thomas. Koptisch evangelie van Thomas --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600