Cursing in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas
One of the most notable features of the so-called Infancy Gospel of Thomas is its depiction of several punitive miracles, or curses, performed by the child Jesus. Previous scholarly treatments of the text have often dismissed these curses as merely another type of miracle, rather than as a special f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 186-208 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KCD Hagiography; saints |
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Infancy Gospel of Thomas
cursing
Syrian ascetics
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| Summary: | One of the most notable features of the so-called Infancy Gospel of Thomas is its depiction of several punitive miracles, or curses, performed by the child Jesus. Previous scholarly treatments of the text have often dismissed these curses as merely another type of miracle, rather than as a special feature of IGT deserving of further study. This article examines the curses with an eye toward their distinctive qualities, and then seeks to find a match for the resulting paradigm in other literature, both Christian and non-Christian, from the ancient Mediterranean setting. A possible match is found in the cursing stories told of the ascetics of fourth-century Syria, as related by Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Religious History. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Contains: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341186 |