agraphon
agraphon noun: any of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.
Noun
agraphon (plural agrapha)
- Any of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.
- If Crossan is correct, then Jesus Research cannot make genuine and meaningful progress apart from careful study of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels. If Meier is correct, then the potential contribution of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels to Jesus Research is limited.1998, Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Studying the Historical Jesus, →ISBN, page 483
- Hofius further concludes that the evidence of the agrapha militates against the view that the early church freely invented dominical sayings.2004, Craig A. Evans, The Historical Jesus - Volume 4, →ISBN, page 219
- Synonyms:
- logion
Synonyms of agraphon
Forms of agraphon
| plural | agrapha |
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Origin of agraphon
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον (ắgrăphon), ᾰ̓́γρᾰφᾰ (ắgrăphă), inflection of ᾰ̓́γρᾰφος (ắgrăphos, “unwritten, not registered”).
Questions about agraphon
- What does agraphon mean?
- Agraphon means any of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.
- What part of speech is agraphon?
- Agraphon is a noun.
- What is the plural of agraphon?
- The plural of agraphon is agrapha.
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