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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.
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 ...
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.
Thomas is martyred (background) by order of an Indian monarch (foreground). The Acts of Thomas connects Thomas the apostle's Indian ministry with two kings. [4] According to one of the legends in the Acts, Thomas was at first reluctant to accept this mission, but the Lord appeared to him in a night vision and said, “Fear not, Thomas.
The Gospel of Thomas is held by most to be the earliest of the "gnostic" gospels composed. Scholars generally date the text to the early to mid-2nd century. [25] The Gospel of Thomas, it is often claimed, has some gnostic elements but lacks the full gnostic cosmology.
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.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is a group of texts of uncertain date and contents, and the title is an arbitrary construction of modern scholars. Up until 1945 it was primarily referred to as the "Gospel of Thomas". [4]