Kimberley A. Fowler
"Reading Gospel of Thomas 100 in the Fourth Century: From Roman Imperialism to Pachomian Concern over Wealth”
Fowler, Kimberley A.
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Abstract
Recent scholarship has made strides in evidencing a Pachomian monastic relationship to the Nag Hammadi Codices, yet this remains to be sufficiently investigated through analysis of Nag Hammadi material bearing Pachomian traits, or best explained within a Pachomian ideological environment. In this article I argue that Gospel of Thomas 100’s redaction of the “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” pericope (Mk 12:13-17 par.) can be better understood in light of conflict between Pachomian material wealth and ascetic aspirations. The redaction demonstrates that conflict over Roman tax payment, crucial in the first-century context of the Synoptic Gospels, is in this fourth-century context essentially irrelevant.
Citation
Fowler, K. A. (2018). "Reading Gospel of Thomas 100 in the Fourth Century: From Roman Imperialism to Pachomian Concern over Wealth”. Vigiliae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Language, 72(4), 421-446. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700720-12341356
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Sep 14, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018-09 |
Deposit Date | Nov 28, 2018 |
Journal | Vigiliae Christianae |
Print ISSN | 0042-6032 |
Electronic ISSN | 1570-0720 |
Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 72 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 421-446 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/15700720-12341356 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1313173 |
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