Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (1996 De Conick), book

Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (1996 De Conick), book (1996) is a book by April D. De Conick.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1996.

Table of contents

• Part One: Introduction
  • 1. The Problem: Is Thomas Gnostic?
  • 2. The Solution: Thomas is Mystical
• Part Two: Ascent Lore in Thomas: Logion 50
  • 3. The Triad of Questions in Logion 50 and Mystical Ascent
  • 4. The Triad of Answers in Logion 50 and Tradition History
• Part Three: Vision Mysticism in Thomas: Logia 15, 83, 89, 27, 37, and 84
  • 5. The Vision of God or His Kavod
  • 6. Preparations for the Visio Dei in Logia 27 and 27
  • 7. Vision of the Images in Logion 84
• Part Four: Conclusion
  • 8. The Background and Theology of Thomas in Summary

External links

• Google Books (partial text)