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... the connections between the literature of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Samaritans, Septuagint, Deuterocanon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Classics, New Testament, Targums, Rabbinics, and early Christians.

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Davies, Stevan L. The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Wisdom Seabury Press, 1983
Gathercole, Simon The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas: Original Language and Influences Cambridge University Press, 2012
Bautch, Kelley Coblentz "Peter and the Patriarch: A Confluence of Traditions?" in Arbel, Daphna V. and Andrei A. Orlov (eds.) With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism De Gruyter, 2011
Poorthuis, Marcel Saints and Role Models in Judaism and Christianity Brill, 2004
Culpepper, R. Alan The Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary: Mark Smyth & Helwys, 2007
Bauckham, Richard The Fate of the Dead: Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses Brill, 1998

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