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What about those who postulate a mid-to-late 1st century composition? Larry Send a noteboard - 22/09/2012 02:21:18 AM
As I said, I am going to rely on the editorial staff of the official printing of the Nag Hammadi Corpus by Brill, rather than your assertions as to what one or two academics say based on a cursory reading of wikipedia. There will always be an academic willing to take any position, particularly if he can publish something based on it, so citing one academic is not really that persuasive.

Consensus puts Thomas in the early Second Century, and virtually no serious scholars put it after 150 AD.


I'm personally skeptical of this theory, but I did read where Elaine Pagels theorized that John contains a sort of textual interplay/didactic dialogue with Thomas regarding light of the world and the nature of the resurrection. Thoughts on that theory?
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What about those who postulate a mid-to-late 1st century composition? - 22/09/2012 02:21:18 AM 779 Views
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Too late, I have already twigged, branched and treed. - 22/09/2012 08:58:39 PM 748 Views
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