Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus: The Discovery and Text of the Gospel of Thomas

Dart, John,Riegert, Ray,Crossan, John Dominic

ISBN 10: 1569750955 / ISBN 13: 9781569750957

Published by Ulysses Pr, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus: The Discovery and Text of the Gospel of Thomas
• Publisher: Ulysses Pr
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569750955
• ISBN 13: 9781569750957
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Recounts the story of the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas, an ancient collection of Jesus Christ's sayings, in the aftermath of World War II, and presents an annotated version of the Oxford University translation of the text. 25,000 first printing. IP.

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In 1945, a group of camel drivers from the al-Samman clan unearthed an ancient earthenware jar while digging for much-needed fertilizer. Unwittingly, the drivers had discovered the greatest collection of early Christian documents ever found, the Nag Hammadi library. Among the ancient papyri was the Gospel of Thomas, a collection of over 100 sayings of Jesus purportedly gathered by Jesus' disciple Thomas (the doubting one). Dart, a religion writer for the Los Angeles Times, and Riegert (The Lost Gospel Q), narrate this story of discovery and offer an annotated translation of the Gospel of Thomas. Each saying is explained in terms of its historical and spiritual importance. For example, Jesus' tendency simultaneously to reveal and conceal his message and his identity is reflected, the contend, in the saying, "Recognize what is in front of your face and what is concealed will be revealed to you. For there is nothing that will not be disclosed." In this book, Thomas seems to present Jesus as a sage, the personification of wisdom, cast in the tradition of Solomon or Buddha, a humble man with a powerful message.
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