Puech , a collection of essays, offers a wealth of insights. Blatz, Beate. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher, — Translated by R. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, Davies, Stevan. The Gospel of Thomas Homepage. Contains links to many useful essays and translations, as well as online discussions. Kirby, Peter. Contains links to translations and several articles of worth, and provides a list of reliable off-line resources.
Excerpts from trustworthy sources provide a brief introduction to the gospel. Klauck, Hans-Josef. By Hans-Josef Klauck, — Translated by Brian McNeil. A brief introduction from a preeminent scholar of early Christianity in its ancient setting. Patterson, Stephen J. Robinson, and Hans-Gebhard Bethge. Behold, I shall guide her so as to make her male, so that she may become a living spirit like you men.
For every woman who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven. Conclusion So is the N. Not at all. Next time your friends or workmates drop comments about the Gospel of Thomas, hopefully you will be well equipped to respond! Further study Are you interested in further reading? Translations from the original Coptic are easily obtainable. Marvin W. Buy Now: MP3. Buy Now: DVD. Buy Now: Book Kindle ePub.
Buy Now: Book. Douglas Jacoby, Ph. Is it true that there are more than the four legitimate gospels; for example the Gospel of Judas? What about the Gospel of Barnabas? Who wrote it and why? Was he an apostle? Related Links Gnostic Society Library. A gospel is an account that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Belonging to the canon of a particular group; texts accepted as a source of authority. The study of earliest Christian communities. The application of critical models of scholarship to a text.
Of or related to textual materials that are not part of the accepted biblical canon. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which share similar literary content. Browse by subject - click on a letter below. Home People Places Passages Bibles.
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Canon, in other words, means the books which are believed to be divinely inspired, using a series of tests to prove they deserve to be included in the Bible. The Gospel of Thomas, as well as other books in the pseudepigrapha , failed this canonicity test and, therefore, did not earn a place in the Bible. Why did scholars reject the Gospel of Thomas?
Who wrote this gospel? How does this so-called gospel differ from Scripture? And why does this matter? As stated in the Bible Study Tools article, we run into a group of writings known as the pseudepigrapha. In other words, writers would adopt the name of a famous follower of Jesus or famous figure from the New Testament to have a certain sway over audiences. After all, people would listen better to a gospel written by a follower of Christ rather than a book written by some Joe who lived several centuries after the time that Jesus had lived.
They often contained propaganda from non-Christian religions or ideas, such as Gnosticism , a heresy that essential lessens the deity of Christ, along with promoting some other unbiblical ideas.
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