
In Seeking the Imperishable Treasure, Johnson tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities. He identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, James,...

A revealing analysis of how a single saying of Jesus' was adapted and understood within the various theological traditions of the earliest Christians. This book tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities...