Robert M. Grant (1)Reseñas

A distinguished historian of the early church compares the development of Christian ideas about God and Jesus with religious concepts prevalent in the environment of the Greco-Roman world.

comprehensive introduction

A very good early verse-by-verse commentary on The Gospel of Thomas. If you have 'The Nag Hammadi Library,' ed. James M. Robinson, and 'The Gnostic Scriptures' by Bentley Layton, then you have three translations for comparison purposes. Nicely done.

Interesting from an historical perspective, but Grant is certainly not orthodox in his Bibliology nor Christology. He is like many historians: giving machine gun facts from the gospels and epistles with ubiquitous footnotes, yet leaving the impression that he doesn't really know or believe that continuity exists between the gospels and epistles. He has found the quotes that suit his purposes without bothering with the rest of the material.

Not as useful as some other books. Again, I only read parts of it.

Interesting from an historical perspective, but Grant is certainly not orthodox in his Bibliology nor Christology. He is like many historians: giving machine gun facts from the gospels and epistles with ubiquitous footnotes, yet leaving the impression that he doesn't really know or believe that continuity exists between the gospels and epistles. He has found the quotes that suit his purposes without bothering with the rest of the material.

Not as useful as some other books. Again, I only read parts of it.

One of the earliest commentaries, with scholarly apparatus. More useful than later works having less comparative information.