Savoring Life with an Unsympathetic World View

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" Savoring Life with an Unsympathetic World View "
Paul Linjamaa

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079217
Doc. No	:	LA122846
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341434‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Linjamaa
Title & Author	:	Savoring Life with an Unsympathetic World View [Article]\ Paul Linjamaa
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	63/5-6
Page No	:	461–482
Abstract	:	This article discusses the enigmatic logion 27 in the Gospel of Thomas. It argues that preconceived notions of the text being “Gnostic” have affected previous interpretations of how the Sabbath is portrayed in logion 27. A discussion follows concerning the many different interpretations of the elusive second part of the logion and the phrase σαββατίσητε τὸ σάββατον/ⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲥⲁⲙⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ. This has most often been interpreted as an admonition to reject the world. Instead, it is argued that the phrase should be understood as an admonition to “rest on the Sabbath,” with the intention of contemplating higher truths while lingering in corporeality. This article discusses the enigmatic logion 27 in the Gospel of Thomas. It argues that preconceived notions of the text being “Gnostic” have affected previous interpretations of how the Sabbath is portrayed in logion 27. A discussion follows concerning the many different interpretations of the elusive second part of the logion and the phrase σαββατίσητε τὸ σάββατον/ⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲥⲁⲙⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ. This has most often been interpreted as an admonition to reject the world. Instead, it is argued that the phrase should be understood as an admonition to “rest on the Sabbath,” with the intention of contemplating higher truths while lingering in corporeality.
Descriptor	:	Gnosticism
Descriptor	:	Gospel of Thomas
Descriptor	:	logion 27
Descriptor	:	Michael A. Williams
Descriptor	:	Sabbath
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341434‬