The Gospel of Thomas: Discovering the Lost Words of Jesus

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Author: John Dart

ISBN-10: 1569752311

ISBN-13: 9781569752319

Category: Gospel of Thomas -> Apocryphal books

"When Egyptian camel drivers unearthed an ancient jar containing The Gospel of Thomas, no one realized the magnitude of their discovery. Here were 100 lost sayings of Jesus that would rewrite early Christian history and introduce a new image of Jesus - unadulterated by 2000 years of myth and interpretation." Together for the first time, this book presents an annotated translation of The Gospel of Thomas, along with the amazing story of its discovery and an insightful introduction by John...

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Dramatically discovered in Egypt in 1945 after being lost for 1,600 years, the Gospel of Thomas forces a reassessment of both Jesus and his message. This accessible translation of the text allows readers to see a Jesus unadulterated by 2,000 years of myth and interpretation - a strikingly different figure from the one in the New Testament.