The Childhood of Jesus - Decoding the Apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Bok av Reidar (University of Oslo Norway) Aasgaard - Häftad
The mid-second-century apocryphal infancy gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, which deals with the childhood of Jesus from age five to age twelve, has attained only limited interest from scholars. Much research into the story has also been seriously misguided--especially study of the story's origin, character, and setting. This book gives a fresh interpretation of the infancy gospel, not least by applying a variety of new approaches, including orality studies, narrative studies, gender studies, and social-scientific..