The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus

by Stephen J. Patterson

A masterfully drawn picture of the debate and controversy that has surrounded the Gospel of Thomas since its discovery in 1945. Stephen Patterson concludes that this collection of sayings is not a text dependent on the synoptic gospels, but like the Gospel of John is an independent document from another early Christian school of thought. Unlike those who lived in the more settled communities known to Mark, Matthew, and Luke, the people who produced Thomas lived in a world of itinerant radicalism

286 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Agathe · Rating 4 out of 5]

thx stephen you coming in cluth for my boring midterm essays, nearly had fun reading you

[Judas Phatre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid work from one of the scholars who think that the Gospel of Thomas belongs to a tradition line that developed independently from the canonical Gospels.