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Unlike the canonical gospels, this gospel does not contain an account of Jesus' life or teaching. It does contain insights concerning the resurrected Jesus' 40-day ministry. [citation needed] This gospel, like some other gnostic texts, can be interpreted as proclaiming predestination. [citation needed] One section states:
The historical reliability of the Gospels is evaluated by experts who have not reached complete consensus. While all four canonical gospels contain some sayings and events that may meet at least one of the five criteria for historical reliability used in biblical studies, [note 1] the assessment and evaluation of these elements is a matter of ongoing debate.
Besides the difficulty in its name, given that the work is not related to the Gospel of Thomas, the work is not a gospel but possibly an appendage to the Gospel of Luke or a stand-alone work that has a dependent association to the canonical Gospel texts. [4] This infancy story ends with Jesus in the temple at age 12 quoting parts of the gospel ...
The Gospel of Thomas a sayings gospel; The Gospel of Philip; The Hypostasis of the Archons; On the Origin of the World; The Exegesis on the Soul; The Book of Thomas the Contender; Codex III: The Apocryphon of John; The Gospel of the Egyptians; Eugnostos the Blessed; The Sophia of Jesus Christ; The Dialogue of the Savior; Codex IV: The ...
Gospel of Judas – 2nd century, documents Gnostic teachings in the form of a dialogue between Jesus and Judas; Greek Gospel of the Egyptians – second quarter of the 2nd century [6] Gospel of Philip – 3rd-century non-canonical sayings gospel; Gospel of the Twelve Apostles – a Syriac language gospel titled the Gospel of the Twelve, this ...
The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from other New Testament apocrypha and the four canonical Gospels. Unlike the canonical Gospels, it is not a narrative account of Jesus' life; instead, it consists of logia (sayings) attributed to Jesus, sometimes stand-alone, sometimes embedded in short dialogues or parables; 13 of ...
Pagels argues that the Gospel of John was written in response to the non-canonical viewpoints found in the Gospel of Thomas. She supports this by noting that in John's Gospel, the apostle Thomas is portrayed as a disciple who struggles with doubt, needing physical proof to believe, while John emphasizes the divine nature of Jesus as central to ...
As an example, Bart Ehrman states that gnostic writings of the Gospel of Thomas (part of the Nag Hammadi library) have very little value in historical Jesus research, because the author of that gospel placed no importance on the physical experiences of Jesus (e.g. his crucifixion) or the physical existence of believers, and was only interested ...