Voices of the Mystics Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature

This book explores the mysticism of John in its historical context and puts forward evidence that the mysticism developed in this text is the result of the textualization of a dialogue between the Johannine and Thomasine Christians on the subject of soteriology. This book not only sheds new light on the development of Johannine ideology, but also forges a new path in New Testament sociorhetorical criticism, particularly by developing the field of tradition intertexture.DeConick, April D. is the author of 'Voices of the Mystics Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature', published 2004 under ISBN 9780567080714 and ISBN 0567080714.