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Assigning a date to the Gospel of Thomas is very complex because it is difficult to know precisely to what a date is being assigned. Scholars have proposed a date as early as 60 AD or as late as 140 AD, depending upon whether the Gospel of Thomas is identified with the original core of sayings, or with the author's published text, or with the ...
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus.The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant fragmentary manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century, and the earliest complete manuscript being the Codex Sabaiticus from the 11th century.
The Book of Thomas the Contender: 138–145: Thom. Cont. The title is given at the end of the text. The dialogue of the risen Jesus with Judas Thomas concerning knowledge and truth, as recorded by the apostle Matthew. 13 NHC-III 1: The Apocryphon of John: 1–40: Ap. John: Short version. 14: 2: Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit (The ...
Gospel of Jesus' Wife – modern forgery based on the Gospel of Thomas. [13] [14] Papyrus Berolinensis 1171, Book of Enoch 0-6th century Greek fragment, possibly from an apocryphal gospel or amulet based on John. Papyrus Cairensis 10735 – 6th or 7th century Greek fragment, possibly from a lost gospel, may be a homily or commentary.
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]
The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a codex. The measurements of the leaves are 254 mm by 158 mm. Originally the codex contained 76 unnumbered leaves, now 74 leaves. It is written in Sahidic dialect. Pages A–B are blank. [3] The codex contains: The Apocryphon of John; The Gospel of Thomas, a sayings gospel, pages C–D blank
The disciples of Jesus were first called Christians in Antakya (Acts 11:26). This is probably where the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, the Didache, the Ignatian in 107, and the Gospel of Thomas in the late 2nd century were written. In Syria, Greek and Syriac language influences crossed.
Besides the Acts of Thomas there was a widely circulated Infancy Gospel of Thomas probably written in the later 2nd century, and probably also in Syria, which relates the miraculous events and prodigies of Jesus' boyhood. This is the document which tells for the first time the familiar legend of the twelve sparrows which Jesus, at the age of ...