Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

thr.3 (all of-him/it, C424a).
Transgression (14 104): Copt nobe (C222a) =
Gk ΑΜΑΡΤΙΑ = Heb t)+x (khatat); a violation of
the Torah, a sin; see Perfect, Torah and Defilement
in Ph Notes.
Transient (42): Gk ΠΑΡΑΓΕΙΝ (by-led);
passer-by, itinerant— see Hebrew in Ph Notes.
Trees (19): the ‘five trees’ may well refer to the
five senses (NB that all emotions are presumably
symbolic feelings); see Tr 28 and ‘Angel, Image
and Symbol’; it is noteworthy that the olive tree in
particular does not shed its leaves annually.
Vintage/Kind/Natural (47b 65 90): Gk
ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ (used), Ph 126; thus Mt 11:30, ‘my yoga
is natural’; the ancients often confused this
common term with the rare ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, with
reference to the Hebrew Messiah.
War (16): Gk ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ; perhaps it is logical
nowadays to interpret ‘the stars falling from the
sky’ (Mk 13:25, Rev/Ap 6:13 8:6 ff.) as a nuclear
war, since hydrogen bombs are literally small man-
made stars; ‘this generation’ in Mk 13:30 is
presumably counted from either May 1948 (the
refounding of Israel) or June 1967 (the reconquest
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