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... A Reconstruction of theGospel of the Hebrews......... 137
... Q and theGospel of the Hebrews........................ 139.PassionTraditionsReinterpreted................................... 145
.. The Last Supper in theGospel of the Ebionitesand Luke
(CodexBezae).................................................. 145
... Introduction............................................. 145
... Arguments for and against the Shorter Reading .... ... 147
... Reconstructing the Passion Narrative in theGospel of
the Ebionites............................................. 150
... TheGospel of the EbionitesandLuke(D,OldLatin
andOldSyriac).......................................... 155
... The Dating of the Shorter Reading and theGospel of
the Ebionites............................................. 157
... EucharisticTraditionPrecedingLuke? ................. 159
... Ebionites—AnOffshootoftheHellenists?............. 161
.. Passion Fragments in Jerome’sCommentary on Matthew.... 165
.. Jesus’AppearancetoJamestheJust ........................... 168
.. Conclusion: Passion Traditions in Jewish-Christian Gospels 173
. Jewish-Christian Gospels and Syriac Gospel Traditions. .. ..... ... 175
.. Three Rich Men in theGospel of the Hebrewsand the
Diatessaron..................................................... 175
... Introduction............................................. 175
... The Rich Man in Origen’s Commentary on Matthew .. 177
... ComparisonwithParallelPassages..................... 178
... Comparison with Variant Readings and
DiatessaronicWitnesses................................. 183
... TheInfluenceoftheDiatessaronicContext ............ 187
... Summary and Conclusions of the Text- and Source
CriticalAnalysis......................................... 190
... MappingJewish-ChristianProfiles ..................... 193
... The Jewish-Christian Profile of Origen’s Story......... 195
... Conclusion: Where Did the Men Come From? ..... ... 199
.. TheGospel of Thomasand Jewish-Christian Gospel
Fragments ...................................................... 200
... Introduction:ThomasandJewishChristians........... 200
... The Provenance of theGospel of the Hebrewsand the
Gospel of Thomas........................................ 202
... LetHimWhoSeeksContinueSeeking................. 204