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by Stevan, L Davies (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Bardic Press; 2nd edition (1 Dec 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0974566748
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974566740
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent scholarship by an honest scholar, 24 Sep 2008
By C. Dixon "Uomo universale" (Devon, UK) - See all my reviews
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Davies is not afraid to take on a few egos in the academic world. He can be quite biting in his criticism of what many scholars have written about the Gospel of Thomas, and exposes where many assertions can fall down.

Where, for example, a scholar may say that Thomas must be later than Matthew because a certain parable has clearly been lifted from Matthew by Thomas because it must have been modified in such-and-such a way, Davies can clearly demonstrate that the opposite can equally be shown to be "true" (that is to say it also might be the case, but we don't know).

Again, where gnostic interpretations are given, Davies can demonstrate that these intepretations are arrived at by assuming from the outset that Thomas is gnostic.

For me, Davies is showing, while largely avoiding it himself, what is wrong with much of modern academia in many fields (history, science, you name it), namely presenting as "fact" total conjecture which is not provable, when we simply do not know and perhaps cannot know. Still, PhD's and other academic honours are not handed out for saying "we really don't know, it might be thus or it might actually be thus instead", are they?

As an example, the final section is a previously published essay by Davies (with tongue planted fimly in cheek) "demonstrating" how Thomas was "used" as a divination aid by randomly picking logia from the list. In other words, the meaning you find in it could be the meaning you want to give to it.

If you are studying the Gospel of Thomas, read this alongside everything else as a sanity check.
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