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We have Thomas' direct testimony on this: "The letters of Paul are not arranged chronologically... "73 Is this not an alien and restrictive format for the Epistles, considering how broad a scope they 'have (not to mention that Thomas includes Hebrews in his count)? The answer is affirmative only until we realize that Thomas' definition of grace is almost as broad as the Epistles themselves, in fact is clearly dictated not only by the Pauline teaching on grace but also by the general content of these fourteen texts as Thomas reads them.

In this respect, Thomas follows the procedures of Aristotelia'n "science" rathar than those of modern philology. Viewing the completed text as an artisan views an artifact, Thomas would understand the materials, format, and genesis of the book in accordance with its intended purpose or function ... Thomas' otherwise anachronistic recourse to the notions of later Christian in their transmission - that is, he transmits them as a contemplative. At the very least Thomas' use of Is 6: I is non-threatening; it demonstrates how Thomas sees the Apostle and his Gospel and does not surface in any significant way again in the course of the commentary.

This latter articulation is admittedly a step past what we now consider to be exegesis, but it is a step which we must take with Thomas if his exegetical works are to be allowed to speak to us. Black's second criticism is that Thomas "uncritically accepts a number of patristic interpretations of a text without any attempt to evaluate their the untrained eye; indeed, Thomas begins to emerge as a genius whose ability to access the Bible by memory gives him the ability to search the mental database for just the right quote to bring out the emphasis he desires.

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