Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth

This book explores the fascinating and enigmatic collection of 114 sayings of Jesus, the 'Gospel of Thomas' that was discovered in the sands of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in the 1940's. Since its discovery, scholars and the public alike have been intrigued to know what the Gospel says and what light it sheds on the formation of early Christianity.







Here, DeConick provides a new English translation of the entire Gospel of Thomas, which includes the original 'kernel' of the Gospel and all the sayings. A unique feature of this book is that translations to the parallels of the Gospel are also included.

Author: April D. Deconick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.20w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780567043320
ISBN10: 0567043320
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament

About the Author
April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University (Houston, Texas). She specializes in early Christian history and theology, noncanonical Gospels, and gnostic and mystical traditions. Her books include" Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas" (1996);" Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature" (Sheffield Academic, 2001);" Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth" (T. &T. Clark, 2005); and" The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation, with Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel" (T. &T. Clark, 2006) and The Thirteenth Apostle: what the Gospel of Judas really says (Continuum, 2007). She has also edited the collection of papers, " Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism" (SBL, 2006).