As you, the three readers of this blog, are aware, I am involved in research of the NT and related topics. Well, during one of my forays into BYU's special collections vault I came across a very old and yet unpublished manuscript written in an obscure Utardic dialect. It contains a number of sayings of Jesus (see Gospel of Thomas) that I believe are particularly interesting to an LDS audience. The text has no title to speak of, so in the edition that I will publish it will be called "The Gospel of the Mormons". Here is one of the logia that I have translated most recently.
Logion 32: "Peter said to Jesus: 'Lord, how are we to overcome our enemies and receive the inheritance laid aside for us?' Jesus answered: 'I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.'"
As you can see, there are some serious doctrinal implications. More to come...
2 comments:
ah... at last mormon sunday school teachers can rest assured, knowing at last that there is a hard copy source for the many forwarded emails containing the elusive sayings of our saviour... now they just need to find the fossilized footprints on the beach. By the way, is Utardic at all related to the dialect commonly known as idiotic?
Ditto to Enemy of Complacency's comment :) You have a pretty sweet job Andrew.
Post a Comment