Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Family Trouble in the Infancy Gospels by Christopher A. Frilingos, and: Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas by J. R. C. Cousland (review)

• Autores: Tony Burke
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 3, 2019, págs. 500-504
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Marcosians (as presented by Irenaeus) used Thomas's story of Jesus and the teacher and Luke's Jesus in the Temple to demonstrate their view that God is unknowable, whereas John Chrysostom denied Jesus performed any miracles before the "first sign" at the wedding at Cana (John 2.1–12); if he had, Chrysostom argued, Jesus would be well known before he reached adulthood. The final chapter, "Parents Don't Understand," returns to the episode of Jesus in the Temple with a close examination of Thomas's version of the story, which takes on added drama with its placement as the culmination of a series of tales that feature Jesus cursing his neighbors. [...]they leave together, choosing to be a family (124). Uncluttered by notes and citations, the prose is vibrant and peppered with witty turns-of-phrase ("focus on the family," "failure to thrive," "baby's first miracle," etc.).