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The Gospel of Thomas and PlatoA Study of the Impact of Platonism on the “Fifth Gospel”Ivan Miroshnikov, 2018&#160;In The Gospel of Thomas and Plato, Ivan Miroshnikov contributes to the study of the earliest Christian engagements with philosophy by offering the first systematic discussion of the impact of Platonism on the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and cryptic works among the Nag Hammadi writings. Miroshnikov demonstrates that a Platonist lens is indispensable to the understanding of a number of the Thomasine sayings that have, for decades, remained elusive as exegetical cruces. The Gospel of Thomas is thus an important witness to the early stages of the process that eventually led to the Platonist formulation of certain Christian dogmata.(Text by the author)&#160;Contents:AcknowledgementsA Note to the ReaderSetting the SceneThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the WorldThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on the Body and the SoulThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on OnenessThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on StabilityThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Immutability and IndivisibilityThe Gospel of Thomas and the Platonists on Freedom from AngerThomasine Metaphysics of the Image and Its Platonist BackgroundConcluding RemarksThe Greek Vorlage of Gos. Thom. 12:2The Secondary Nature of Gos. Thom. 5:3A Note on Gos. Thom. 77:1BibliographyIndex of Ancient and Medieval Sources