Martijn Linssen (Mastodon)

Author of the Complete gospel of Thomas Commentary / Interactive Coptic-English Translation

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Complete gospel of Thomas Commentary Part II - logion 0-55

The most extensive research on the content of the Coptic text and all its aspects

https://t.co/Jjkm3d27jC

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@goodacre Indeed, Mark. My PDF has been up for a week, attracting readers from 54 countries. My fastest running paper ever (stats from https://t.co/I4Rva7UkJ9, not including ResearchGate)

Then again it is the find of the century #Marcion

#POxy4009 is next - and definitely no Peter either

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Kreuzenstein Castle of Austria.

Castle was built at beginning of 12th Century CE. Name "Grizanstein", which was first mentioned around 1115 CE, and from which current name Kreuzenstein is derived, can be traced back to one of first lords of Castle, Dietrich von Grizanestaine from Bavarian family of Formbacher.

Other sources mention a lord of fortress named "grizzo" or even that Cross of St. Severin that is located there was reason for name of castle.

In middle of 13th Century CE, Kreuzenstein came into possession of Habsburgs, who had castle managed primarily by caretakers and burgraves for more than 250 years.

In last years of Thirty Years' War; overwhelmed by strength of Swedish army, castle was destroyed. Remains of ruins were used as building materials by local population, so that soon only sparse remains remained, such as parts of curtain wall, hull of east tower and parts of chapel.

Castle was rebuilt in 1874 CE.

#archaeohistories

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@benjcartlidge It would indeed be something that only affects them when not directly addressed, e.g. when talked about by others

Yes, that example of Swedish royalty below fits really very, very well

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@bossproofreader @OffsideOlivier Ah, you are right of course. I logged out of ResearchGate, and now I also don't see it.
Thank you Sylvia

Apparently it is a feature that is only visible to people with a ResearchGate account AND who are logged in

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@BenattiJonathan @Targuman Q as reconstructed is a folly indeed, a solution looking for a problem

Yet #POxy5575 reveals the real Quelle to Christianity: this is #Marcion (*Ev).
And in turn, Thomas is the Quelle to Marcion

https://t.co/VWubwpMfT3

[Martijn Linssen (Mastodon) @MartijnLinssen]

@bossproofreader @OffsideOlivier All it takes is a scroll ;-)

Languages
Dutch German English Spanish Portuguese French Latin Ancient Greek (to 1453) Coptic

In that order; while I used to be fluent in French, Spanish has ruined that. And in turn Portuguese ruined the Spanish. Too familiar, too little practice

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@mbird12 Excel actually is the best text processor and data analytics tool ever. I used it for my Translation of Thomas

https://t.co/4dgpeJzNHm

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I'm really very puzzled why my tweets about #POxy5575 are marked as sensitive and hence don't show up unless that box is unticked. It certainly isn't in my settings

Is it because I left Twitter a year ago? Hey @X help me out here please

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@thorstenster @NeuroRebel Oh! Zwei Seelen eine Gedanke...

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@bossproofreader @OffsideOlivier https://t.co/IxWyqPxRIN

One of nine languages, I'm honestly thinking of Gaelic to make it to ten - when time allows

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@bossproofreader @OffsideOlivier I will confess that in the 90s I ridiculed everyone who even dared to suggest anything remotely resembling machine translation.
Funny thing is, I did study to become an interpreter in Spanish but changed course in 1st year

Never did anything with my MA, ended up in IT instead

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Why was the Sabbath of Thomas Logion 27 changed into Kosmos in #POxy5575 ?

Because the original wordplay is impossible to translate into any other language; the direction of dependence is unmistakable

https://t.co/C3SdW0ivxT

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@siliconopolitan Perhaps just one then, out of the 72, to refresh:

https://t.co/FqQZWMHHWk

#POxy5575 is Marcion (*Ev), and Marcion has 57 parallels with Thomas, who in turn has 61 parallels with Luke

The wineskin and patch is an exemplary demonstration of Thomas->Marcion->Synoptics

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@pjgurry @TextandCanon Absolute Thomasine Priority.
That establishes Thomas as the source text to all of Christianity; the theory has evolved over the years and further detailed the steps in between Thomas and the gospels

My Publication List will provide a concise overview:

https://t.co/y5OFgqiUtq

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@bossproofreader @Navifax I bend over backwards just to make you smile, Sylvia!

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@AlmahdiWesam Thomas is the Quelle to Chrestianity, Marcion is the Quelle to Christianity. Q is a folly, and a solution looking for a problem. The gap between Mark and LukeMatthew is largely just made up, and drawn from other texts

The longer story is in

https://t.co/VIhPpjyNbg

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@AlmahdiWesam You are familiar with Marcion, by the looks of it.
Thomas, original John, Marcion: behold Chrestianity - a fiercely anti-Judaic movement

Mark starts Christianity, which rewrites the story by fusing it with Judaism. Hence the Messianic Secret, and invention of the resurrection

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@AlmahdiWesam 114 is filled with double entendres and wordplay, yet its essence is that it is Mary who gets the prize: she will enter the kingdom and IS will personally (...) take care of that.
And flat-nosed (σιμός) Peter?

Guess what

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@AlmahdiWesam It certainly is no wonder indeed! 72 of them in the Synoptics alone, none in John - now that last is a wonder, though

Yes, Logion 114. Widely misunderstood, although unusually lopsided for Thomas - even though he essentially repeats his answer of Logion 22 1/2