In 'SEEKING THE IMPERISHABLE TREASURE', Johnson tracks the use of a
single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent
authors and communities. He identifies six different versions of
the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles (Mark, Matthew,
Luke, John, James, and Colossians), as well as the Gospel of Thomas
and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction history of this
wisdom admonition, he observes at least two distinctly different
wisdom themes that are applied to the saying: the proper
disposition of wealth and the search for knowledge, wisdom, or God.
What he discovers is a saying of Jesus - with roots in Jewish
wisdom and pietistic traditions, as well as popular Greek
philosophy - that proved amazingly adaptable in its application to
differing social and rhetorical contexts of the first century.
Steven R. Johnson is Associate Professor of Religion at Lycoming
College, Pennsylvania. He is a managing editor of the International
Q Project and is the author and editor of 'Q 7:1-10: The
Centurion's Faith in Jesus' Word' and 'Q 12:33-34: Storing up
Treasures in Heaven'. "An important and very readable contribution
to Q and Gospel of Thomas studies by an experienced member of the
International Q Project. With a careful historical-critical
approach, Johnson examines how early Christians adopted and updated
a saying of Jesus." - Cristoph Heil, Professor of New Testament,
University of Graz, Austria. "With studies like Steve Johnson's,
the study of the Gospel of Thomas is entering a new, more mature,
phase, where careful, thorough analysis of particular texts can
begin to make substantive contribution to our understanding of the
Jesus tradition and its early history. An exemplary piece of
critical scholarship." - Stephen J. Patterson, Professor of New
Testament, Eden Theological Seminary.
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