Thursday, July 16, 2009

More from the Gospel of Peter and Molly

This gospel that I have discovered seems to be yielding more and more surprises.  Firstly, upon closer analysis the two main interlocutors in the logia are identified as Peter and Molly.  As far as I know, Molly is mentioned nowhere else in the Jewish/Christian corpus; be it canonical, apocryphal, or pseudepigraphic.  It even seems like the Peter here is not the Apostle, but someone else entirely.  Given this information I feel compelled to call this new gospel "The Gospel of Peter and Molly".  I hope you all approve.  Secondly, it would appear that this text is not merely a collection of sayings, but also includes a few narrative vignettes.  These brief accounts generally portray conversations that Jesus has with figures other than Peter and Molly.  Although these portions differ somewhat from the other sayings I have numbered them among the logia for the sake of continuity.  The logion that I'm sharing with you today has some very striking similarities with Mark 10:17-22, even matching the text exactly in some places.

Logion 3: "And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?  And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.  Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Honor thy father and mother.  And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these things have I observed from my youth.  Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, acquire great riches, buy a boat for thyself and fine clothing for thy wife: and come, let me borrow thy horse when I need to make long journeys.  And he was happy at that saying, and went away rejoicing: for his father-in-law had an excellent job waiting for him."

Enlightening!

1 comment:

Enemy of Complacency said...

At long last... funny, but I totally had a conversation about rich men entering heaven and I kid you not, the plane borrowing was brought up again.