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Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (Hardcover)
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Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (Hardcover)
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (or Paidika) is one of the most
unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of revealing
the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical
Gospels, it confronts its readers with a very different Jesus - a
child who sometimes acts like a holy terror, killing and harming
others for trifling faults. So why is Jesus portrayed as acting in
such an 'unchristian' fashion? To address this question, Cousland
focuses on three interconnected representations of Jesus in the
Paidika: Jesus as holy terror, as child, and as miracle-working
saviour. Cousland endeavours to show that, despite the differing
character of these three roles, they present a unified picture.
Jesus' unusual behaviour arises from his 'growing pains' as a
developing child, who is at the same time both human and divine.
Cousland's volume is the first detailed examination of the
Christology of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and provides a fresh
and engaging approach to a topic not often discussed in
representations of Jesus.
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