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Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans)
Thesis (DLitt (Greek))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27948 Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- andries.vanaarde@up.ac.za Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) The infancy gospel of thomas Early translations of the infancy gospel of tho Greek manuscripts of the infancy gospel of thom Allegory and tautegory God-child myth Gnostic early christianity Theory of myth Childhood in antiquity Ebionite early christianity UCTD Thesis (DLitt (Greek))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This investigation of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas focuses on the question why the author of this infancy gospel narrated the mighty deeds – either received as blessings or as curses – as though the child Jesus were an adult. A possibility is that the author could have been inspired by tales from antiquity in which the heroic deeds of gods, emperors and philosophers were projected to their infancy. The study purports that the answer to this question is rather to be found in the combination of myth interpretation and societal expectations with regard to children in a Hellenistic-Semitic context. The purpose of this study is to investigate the history of the Greek manuscripts and the translation history of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas as a second century infancy gospel, secondly to identify as the most authentic text the eleventh century version thereof in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) and to translate it into Afrikaans. The study demonstrates that the most likely context within which this Greek manuscript of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas was communicated most significantly was Ebionite early Christianity. By identifying and examining quotations from and allusions to the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in works by the church fathers and by comparing the Greek expressions and phrases in the Greek manuscript in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) with those of versions in other Greek manuscripts and early translations, a Gnostic tradition in the message can by ruled out, while Ebionite traditions can be confirmed. The child Jesus is depicted as interacting positively with his biological family which signifies salvation for other Israelites. Such salvation manifests in the identification and recognition of the child’s divinity by the Israelite teachers. The study argues that the Greek version of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) represents the genre of a discursive-biographical gospel type and as a result, the narrative and argumentative structure of this infancy gospel is of great importance. So too is the phenomenon that the narrative argument of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas is cast in the form of the ancient god-child myth. In this myth the child acts as if he were an adult. This adult-like behaviour of the child Jesus is not interpreted in an allegorically way. Rather, as myth, the message is interpreted in a tautegoric manner and explained in a social scientific way. Ancient Languages unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:39:04Z 2005-09-15 2013-09-07T12:39:04Z 2005-04-23 2006-09-15 2005-09-15 Thesis Van Aarde, A 2005, Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans), DLitt thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27948 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27948 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09152005-135339/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | The infancy gospel of thomas Early translations of the infancy gospel of tho Greek manuscripts of the infancy gospel of thom Allegory and tautegory God-child myth Gnostic early christianity Theory of myth Childhood in antiquity Ebionite early christianity UCTD Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title | Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title_full | Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title_fullStr | Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title_short | Die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas as ’n heroïese mite van die God-kind Jesus in die konteks van die Ebionitiese vroeë Christendom (Afrikaans) |
| title_sort | die kindheidsevangelie van tomas as n heroiese mite van die god kind jesus in die konteks van die ebionitiese vroee christendom afrikaans |
| topic | The infancy gospel of thomas Early translations of the infancy gospel of tho Greek manuscripts of the infancy gospel of thom Allegory and tautegory God-child myth Gnostic early christianity Theory of myth Childhood in antiquity Ebionite early christianity UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27948 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09152005-135339/ |