Goodacre (New Testament, Duke U., North Carolina) makes a case that the author of the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas was familiar with the canonical synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The study requires some detailed discussion of all four works, he says, but the conclusion may cast light on the synoptic gospels as well as on Thomas. Among his topics are verbatim agreement between Thomas and the synoptics, Matthewan and Lukan redaction in Thomas, Thomas 79 and Luke as a special case, the missing middle in Thomas, and dating Thomas and the gospels. Annotation 2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
