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The Gospel of Thomas. Bart Interviews Mark Goodacre on the most important account of Jesus' teachings outside the New Testament

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Are There Sayings in Here That You Have Trouble Figuring Out the Way I Do?

I sometimes think that the author is actually deliberately trying to provoke the reader. You know, just it's being deliberately enigmatic in the sense that it really wants to kind of shock you. I still remember the first time I read the gospel of Thomas through, and I just had my mouth open the whole time. What is fascinating is that a lot of the, well, let's call them funky sayings. Nicola Denzilou has told me off for saying strange. So I said, the word I wanted to use was funky, but it's not a very academic term. Since we're in a podcast, let's say funky funky. I like it because we like funky, at

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