Pachis & Wiebe/Chasing Down Religion, 7. Why is it Better to be a Plant

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How to Cite: Gilhus, Ingvild. Why is it Better to be a Plant Than an Animal? Cognitive Poetics and Ascetic Ideals in the Book of Thomas the Contender (NHC II,7). Chasing Down Religion - In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 115-133 Dec 2014. ISBN 9781781792070.

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Through questions and answers and eventually a monologue the resurrected Christ teaches Thomas his secret message. In this chapter Ingvild Gilhus discusses the positive and negative metaphors in the gnostic revelation tractate.

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  • container title
    Chasing Down Religion: In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences
  • creator
    Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
  • isbn
    9781781794067 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781794067