The secret sayings of Jesus
By: Robert M. Grant with David Noel Freedman ; with an English translation of the Gospel of Thomas by William R. Schoedel
Contributors: Schoedel, William R.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781566192743
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Apocryphal books (New Testament); Gnosticism
Other titles: Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel). English. Schoedel.
Description: "In The Secret Sayings of Jesus, Robert Grant and David Noel Freedman offer a modern translation of the Gospel of Thomas, along with a judicious and revealing commentary on each saying."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201).
Table of contents: title: The new discovery; title: Gospels. The testimony of the Gospels ; The survival of oral tradition ; The Apocryphal Gospels; title: Gospel findings in the Papyri. The Gospel of Peter ; The Oxyrhynchus Papyri ; An unknown Gospel ; Gnostic fragments; title: The Gnostics and Thomas; title: The environment of Thomas; title: The Gnostics and our Gospels; title: Thomas as author and theologian. The method of Thomas ; The theology of Thomas; title: The Gospel of Thomas : translation and commentary.