Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas (2001 De Conick), book

Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature (2001) is a book by April D. De Conick.

Editions and translations

Published in Sheffield [England]: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

Table of contents

• 1. Traditio-Rhetorical Criticism: A Methodology for Examining the Discourse of Intertraditions
• 2. Vision Mysticism in the Ancient World: The Religio-Historical Horizon
  • 1. Ancient Mystery Religions
  • 2. Hermeticism
  • 3. Judaism
  • 4. Conclusion
• 3. Johannine Polemic against Vision Mysticism: The Traditio-Religious Horizon and the Point of Discourse
  • 1. John 14.3-7
  • 2. John 14.20-23
  • 3. John 20.24-29
  • 4. Conclusion
• 4. Thomasine Support for Vision Mysticism: The Traditio-Religious Horizon of John's Opponents
  • 1. The visio Dei
  • 2. Ascent and Transformation
  • 3. Ascent Preparations
  • 4. Celestial Temple Traditions
  • 5. Conclusion
• 5. Faith Mysticism in the Gospel of John: The Interpretative Trajectory and Synthetic End Point
  • 1. The Pretemporal Existence of Jesus
  • 2. The Historical Presence of Jesus
  • 3. The Historical Absence of Jesus
  • 4. Conclusion
• 6. Vision Mysticism in Early Syrian Christian Texts: The Discourse Continues
  • 1. Preachings of John
  • 2. Gospel of the Savior
  • 3. Apocryphon of James
  • 4. Ascension of Isaiah
  • 5. Dialogue of the Savior
  • 6. Conclusion

External links

• Google Books (partial text)