Holy terror : Jesus in the infancy Gospel of Thomas / J.R.C. Cousland. [print]

By:

Cousland, J. R. C [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Library of New Testament studies ; 560. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [(c)2018.Description: xi, 148 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780567668165
0567668169

Subject(s):

Apocryphal infancy Gospels

LOC classification:

BS2860.H659 2018
BS2860.T42.C867.H659 2018

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Contents:

Jesus the Holy Terror Jesus as Child Jesus the Divine: The Christology of the Paidika The Paidika's Jesus in Context.

Summary: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (or Paidika) is one of the most unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of revealing the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical Gospels, it confronts its readers with a very different Jesus - a child who sometimes acts like a holy terror, killing and harming others for trifling faults. So why is Jesus portrayed as acting in such an'unchristian' fashion? To address this question, Cousland focuses on three interconnected representations of Jesus in the Paidika: Jesus as holy terror, as child, and as miracle-working saviour. Cousland endeavours to show that, despite the differing character of these three roles, they present a unified picture of Jesus. His unusual behaviour arises from his 'growing pains' as a developing child, who is at the same time both human and divine. Cousland's volume is the first detailed examination of the Christology of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and provides a fresh and engaging approach to a topic not often discussed in representations of Jesus.

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Jesus the Holy Terror Jesus as Child Jesus the Divine: The Christology of the Paidika The Paidika's Jesus in Context.

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (or Paidika) is one of the most unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of revealing the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical Gospels, it confronts its readers with a very different Jesus - a child who sometimes acts like a holy terror, killing and harming others for trifling faults. So why is Jesus portrayed as acting in such an'unchristian' fashion? To address this question, Cousland focuses on three interconnected representations of Jesus in the Paidika: Jesus as holy terror, as child, and as miracle-working saviour. Cousland endeavours to show that, despite the differing character of these three roles, they present a unified picture of Jesus. His unusual behaviour arises from his 'growing pains' as a developing child, who is at the same time both human and divine. Cousland's volume is the first detailed examination of the Christology of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and provides a fresh and engaging approach to a topic not often discussed in representations of Jesus.

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