Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

45:7, Lam 3:38, Jn 19:11!)
43. Wisdom¹ is one thing, and death² is
another. ‘Wisdom’ (in Aramaic) is
simply ‘wisdom’ (in Greek), yet the
wisdom of death is (itself) dead. This
which is the wisdom with death, which
is from the acquaintance with death —
this is called the minor wisdom. (¹Aram
tmkx [khokmat] = Heb hmkx [khokmah]: wisdom;
²Heb twm [mut]: die)
44. There are animals submissive to
mankind, such as the calf and the
donkey and others of this kind. There
are others not submissive,¹ isolated in
the wilds. The human plows in the field
by means of the submissive animals,
and by this he feeds himself as well as
the animals— whether domesticated or
wild. (Pro 14:4) So it is with the Perfect
Person: thru the submissive powers he
plows, providing to cause the existence
of everything. For because of this the
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