Later compilation
The Gospel of Thomas
ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲡⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ
The most important of the apocryphal gospels. With no narrative, miracles or passion, it presents Jesus as a teacher of wisdom whose "secret sayings" give life to whoever finds their interpretation. Nearly half its sayings have parallels in the Synoptics (the mustard seed, the sower, the lamp under the bushel); others are its own and mystical in tone: the kingdom "is inside you and outside you", "is spread out upon the earth and people do not see it". Its discovery revived the debate on the Q source and the diversity of early Christianity.
Authorship note
A collection of 114 sayings introduced by the formula "Jesus said", attributed in its incipit to "Didymos Judas Thomas". It survives complete in Coptic in Nag Hammadi Codex II (c. 350) and in Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 1, 654 and 655, c. 200). Its date is debated: some place it in the mid-first century, with sayings independent of the Synoptics; others in the second century and dependent on them. It is the work neither of Jesus nor of the apostle Thomas.
Editions and translations
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English
The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations
Oxford University Press, 2011
Translation: Bart D. Ehrman y Zlatko Pleše
ISBN 9780199732104
Texto original y traducción.
Jesus of Nazareth
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition
The Conscious LibraryThe Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition
HarperOne, 2007
Translation: Marvin Meyer (ed.)
ISBN 9780060523787
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
HarperSanFrancisco, 1992
Translation: Marvin Meyer
ISBN 9780060655815
Edición bilingüe copto-inglés.
Español
Jesus of Nazareth
Los evangelios de Tomás el Mellizo y María Magdalena
The Conscious LibraryLos evangelios de Tomás el Mellizo y María Magdalena
Mensajero, 1999
Translation: Manuel Alcalá
ISBN 9788427122666
Textos gnósticos. Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi II: Evangelios, hechos, cartas
Trotta, 2016
Translation: Antonio Piñero, José Montserrat Torrents y Francisco García Bazán (eds.)
ISBN 9788498796605
Primera edición 1999; reedición 2009 con ISBN 9788481648850.
Other works by Jesus of Nazareth
- The Gospel according to Mark · 70
- The Gospel according to Matthew · 85
- The Gospel according to Luke · 85
- The Gospel according to John · 100
- The Q Source (Sayings Gospel Q) · 60
- The Gospel of Peter · 150
- The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) · 150
- The Gospel of Philip · 250
- The Gospel of Judas · 150
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas · 150
- The Protevangelium of James · 150
- The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew · 625
- The Arabic Infancy Gospel · 550
- The History of Joseph the Carpenter · 600
- The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) · 350
- The Letters of Christ and Abgar · 300
- The Epistle of the Apostles · 150
- Agrapha (Sayings of Jesus outside the Gospels)
- The Gospel according to the Hebrews · 125
- The Gospel of the Ebionites · 150
- The Gospel of the Nazareans · 150
- The Gospel of the Egyptians · 130
- The Egerton Gospel (Papyrus Egerton 2) · 150
- The Secret Book of James · 150
- The Dialogue of the Savior · 150
- The Book of Thomas the Contender · 200
- The Wisdom of Jesus Christ · 175
- The Secret Book of John · 180
- Pistis Sophia · 275
- The Secret Gospel of Mark · 200
Sources
- Meyer, Marvin (ed.). The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition. HarperOne, Nueva York, 2007. ISBN 9780060523787.
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