Gospel of Thomas

The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi. It is one of the most important non-canonical gospels and a key text for understanding early Christian diversity.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex II (dated c. 340 CE). Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 1, 654, 655) from the late 2nd–3rd centuries.|||Most scholars date the original Greek composition to c. 50–140 CE. Some argue for an early date (50–100 CE); others for a later date (135–200 CE).|||Not canonical in any tradition. Regarded as Gnostic or proto-Gnostic by most scholars.|||Contains 114 sayings of Jesus, some with parallels in the canonical gospels, others unique. Important for understanding the development of early Christian tradition and Gnostic thought.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Meyer, M. The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus. HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.|||DeConick, A. D. Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas. T& T Clark, 2005.|||Gospel of Thomas — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/thomas.htm|Full public-domain translation.;; Early Christian Writings — Gospel of Thomas|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas.html|Indexed translations and scholarly resources.;; Gnostic Society — Nag Hammadi Library|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html|Complete text and introduction.|||" These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Judas Thomas the Twin recorded." — Gospel of Thomas, Prologue