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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas — Jesus of Nazareth

Later compilation

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Παιδικὰ τοῦ Κυρίου

Cristo Pantocrátor del Sinaí
byJesus of Nazareth

Episodes from Jesus's childhood between the ages of five and twelve: he models clay birds that fly away, strikes dead those who annoy him and makes fools of his teachers, before becoming a beneficent child who heals and raises the dead. It fills the gap the canonical gospels leave between the birth and the Temple episode, and some of its scenes passed into the Qur'an (the clay birds, sura 3:49).

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Authorship note

An anonymous narrative, distinct from the Nag Hammadi Gospel of Thomas, attributed in some versions to "Thomas the Israelite". It is dated to the second century and circulated in numerous Greek, Syriac, Latin and Slavonic versions.

Editions and translations

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English

  • The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations — Jesus of Nazareth

    The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations

    Oxford University Press, 2011

    Translation: Bart D. Ehrman y Zlatko Pleše

    ISBN 9780199732104

    Texto original y traducción.

  • The Apocryphal New Testament

    Clarendon Press, 1924

    Translation: M. R. James

    Facsímil en Internet Archive.

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  • Los Evangelios apócrifos (edición bilingüe) — Jesus of Nazareth

    Los Evangelios apócrifos (edición bilingüe)

    Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2009

    Translation: Aurelio de Santos Otero

    ISBN 9788422014096

    Primera edición 1956; otra reedición con ISBN 9788479145040 (2001).

Other works by Jesus of Nazareth

Sources

  • Ehrman, Bart D. y Pleše, Zlatko. The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations. Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 2011. ISBN 9780199732104.

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