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The Gospel of Thomas (also known as the Coptic Gospel of Thomas) is a non-canonical [1] sayings gospel. It was discovered near Nag Hammadi , Egypt , in 1945 among a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library .
The Gospel of Thomas refers to Jesus as the "son of man" and affirms his Lordship. [9] For the Thomasines, Jesus was too complex to be categorized or given a description. However some passages in the gospel of Thomas possibly indicate Jesus having some divinity. [16]
The only complete copy of the Gospel of Thomas was found in 1945 when a Coptic version was discovered at Nag Hammadi with a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts. [5] The fragment contains logia (sayings) 1–7 of the Gospel of Thomas on the verso side of the leaf (opisthograph). [2]
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5575 (abbreviated as P. Oxy. 5575) is a second century papyrus fragment of multiple Gospels: Matthew, Luke, and Thomas.It is the oldest extant fragment from the Gospel of Thomas and comes from the era of Early Christianity before the formation of the New Testament.
The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas : original language and influences. Society for New Testament Studies: Monograph series. Vol. 151. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107009042. OCLC 753630580. ——— (2014). The Gospel of Thomas: introduction and commentary. Texts and editions for New Testament study. Vol. 11.
Stevan L. Davies (born 1948) is an author and Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. His most notable work has been in the analysis of Christian apocrypha, especially the Gospel of Thomas.
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The Psalms of Thomas (more correctly Psalms of Thom) are a set of third-century psalms [1] found appended to the end of a Coptic Manichaean psalm book, which was in turn part of the Medinet Madi library excavated in 1929. The psalms were originally published in 1938 by Charles Allberry. [2]