Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Africa's Great Rift Valley; NB apparently the River
Pishon of Gen 2:11(!); thus, could the Flood have
swept down thru the Jordan Rift Valley?!—
topologically more intelligible, except for the
puzzling Ararat (which, however, means merely
‘sacred/high land’); this would of course place all
of Gen 2-9 in the Jordan Valley, with Gen 10 the
first human (i.e. linguistic?!) dispersion, and Gen
11 thereafter in Mesopotamia.
Joseph the Craftsman (98): Joseph = Heb
Pswy (addition); craftsman = Copt 6am4e (C546b),
Gk ΤΕΚΤΩΝ (Mt 13:55); husband of the Virgin
Mariam; notably silent thruout the Gospels.
Levi (58): Heb ywl (join, convert); the OT
patriarch of the priestly line; Ph 58 could thus be
interpreted: ‘The Lord went into the dyeworks of
conversion [or, of the priesthood]....’ (Isa 14:1,
Zech 2:11).
Magdalene (36 59): Heb ldgm (migdal:
watchtower) Pro 18:10, Isa 5:1-2, Mic 4:8, Lk 8:2,
Jn 20:1-18; it should be noted that ΑΠΤΩ in Jn
20:17 means not merely ‘touch, cling to’ but also
‘kindle, ignite’ (as in Lk 8:16) and thus ‘caress’, as
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