At the beginning of the twentieth century Judaeo-Christian Gospel Tradition
was one of the most favourite subjects for students of the earliest stage of
Christianity, which is indeed sometimes called Judaeo-Christianity; but now it
is rather a relatively neglected field of study, because the rediscovery of the
Gospel according to Thomas strongly induced many scholars to discuss on its
possible relation with the Synoptic Gospels, leaving other apocryphal Gospels
behind. Since it now seems that the problems surrounding the Gospel according to
Thomas will find definitive solutions in a near future, it is high time to go
back to the interest with which apocryphal Gospel traditions were originally
treated. Thus this paper will deal with Judaeo-Christian Gospel Tradition (the
Gospel according to the Hebrews, the Gospel of the Nazarenes, and the Gospel of
the Ebionites), making a survey of the status quaestionis, and try to explore
its significance not only for the quest surrounding Jesus' sayings and deeds,
but also for the history of earliest Christianity up to the end of the second
century.
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