THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

Beschreibung von THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

There is a general consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas – discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of the four traditional canonical Gospels. During the first few decades after its discovery several voices representing established orthodox biases argued that the Gospel of Thomas (abbreviated, GTh) was a late-second or third century Gnostic forgery. Scholars currently involved in Thomas studies now largely reject that view, though such arguments will still be heard from orthodox apologists and are encountered in some of the earlier publications about Thomas.

Today most students would agree that the Thomas Gospel has opened a new perspective on the first voice of the Christian tradition. Recent studies centered on GTh have led to a stark reappraisal of the forces and events forming "orthodoxy" during the second and third centuries. But more importantly, the Gospel of Thomas is awakening interest in a forgotten spiritual legacy of Christian culture. The incipit (or "beginning words") of Thomas invite each of us "who has ears to hear" to join in a unique quest:

These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke,
and that Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And He said:
"Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death."

Aside from The Gospel of Thomas, this app also provides sought after content on:

★ The Gospel of Thomas Fragments from Oxyrhynchus ★
-At the very beginning of the twentieth century three separate fragments from Greek versions of the Gospel of Thomas were discovered during archeological excavations of an ancient site in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Mary were also found at Oxyrhynchus.) The three papyrus fragments of Thomas – known as the Oxyrhynchus fragments – date to between 130 - 250 CE.

Translations of the sayings found in these Greek fragments of Thomas are presented here, followed by versions of the same sayings as they appear in the Coptic manuscript found at Nag Hammadi.

★ Hymn of the Pearl ★
- This beautiful text, excerpted from the Acts, is highly recommended reading.

★ The Acts of Thomas ★
- The complete text the Acts of Thomas, from The Apocryphal New Testament, translated by M. R. James.

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Unter Gelehrten herrscht allgemein Einigkeit darüber, dass das vor einem halben Jahrhundert in der ägyptischen Wüste entdeckte Evangelium von Thomas auf die Anfänge der christlichen Ära zurückgeht und sich möglicherweise vor den vier traditionellen kanonischen Evangelien erst formte. In den ersten Jahrzehnten nach seiner Entdeckung argumentierten mehrere Stimmen, die etablierte orthodoxe Vorurteile vertreten, dass das Evangelium von Thomas (kurz GTh) eine gnostische Fälschung des späten zweiten oder dritten Jahrhunderts war. Gelehrte, die derzeit an Thomas-Studien beteiligt sind, lehnen diese Ansicht weitgehend ab, obwohl solche Argumente noch immer von orthodoxen Apologeten gehört werden und in einigen früheren Publikationen über Thomas zu finden sind.

Heute sind sich die meisten Schüler einig, dass das Thomas-Evangelium eine neue Perspektive auf die erste Stimme der christlichen Tradition eröffnet hat. Jüngste Studien, die sich mit GTh beschäftigten, haben zu einer kritischen Neubewertung der Kräfte und Ereignisse geführt, die im zweiten und dritten Jahrhundert "Orthodoxie" bildeten. Noch wichtiger ist jedoch, dass das Evangelium von Thomas das Interesse an einem vergessenen geistigen Erbe der christlichen Kultur weckt. Die Incipit (oder "Anfangsworte") von Thomas laden jeden von uns "der Ohren hat zu hören" zu einer einzigartigen Suche ein:

Dies sind die verborgenen Worte, die der lebendige Jesus gesprochen hat.
und dass Didymos Judas Thomas aufgeschrieben hat. Und er sagte:
"Wer die Bedeutung dieser Worte findet, wird den Tod nicht schmecken."

Neben dem Evangelium von Thomas bietet diese App auch gefragte Inhalte zu:

★ Das Evangelium der Thomas-Fragmente von Oxyrhynchus ★
- Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden bei archäologischen Ausgrabungen einer antiken Stätte in Oxyrhynchus, Ägypten, drei verschiedene Fragmente aus griechischen Versionen des Thomas-Evangeliums entdeckt. (Fragmente des Marienevangeliums wurden auch bei Oxyrhynchus gefunden.) Die drei Papyrusfragmente von Thomas - bekannt als die Oxyrhynchus-Fragmente - datieren zwischen 130 und 250 n. Chr.

Übersetzungen der in diesen griechischen Fragmenten von Thomas gefundenen Ausdrücke werden hier präsentiert, gefolgt von Versionen derselben Aussprüche, die in der in Nag Hammadi gefundenen koptischen Handschrift erscheinen.

★ Hymne der Perle ★
- Dieser schöne Text, der aus der Apostelgeschichte entnommen wurde, wird dringend empfohlen, zu lesen.

★ Die Taten von Thomas ★
- Der vollständige Text der Apostelgeschichte von Thomas aus dem apokryphen Neuen Testament, übersetzt von M. R. James.

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There is a general consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas – discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of the four traditional canonical Gospels. During the first few decades after its discovery several voices representing established orthodox biases argued that the Gospel of Thomas (abbreviated, GTh) was a late-second or third century Gnostic forgery. Scholars currently involved in Thomas studies now largely reject that view, though such arguments will still be heard from orthodox apologists and are encountered in some of the earlier publications about Thomas.

Today most students would agree that the Thomas Gospel has opened a new perspective on the first voice of the Christian tradition. Recent studies centered on GTh have led to a stark reappraisal of the forces and events forming "orthodoxy" during the second and third centuries. But more importantly, the Gospel of Thomas is awakening interest in a forgotten spiritual legacy of Christian culture. The incipit (or "beginning words") of Thomas invite each of us "who has ears to hear" to join in a unique quest:

These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke,
and that Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And He said:
"Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death."

Aside from The Gospel of Thomas, this app also provides sought after content on:

★ The Gospel of Thomas Fragments from Oxyrhynchus ★
-At the very beginning of the twentieth century three separate fragments from Greek versions of the Gospel of Thomas were discovered during archeological excavations of an ancient site in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Mary were also found at Oxyrhynchus.) The three papyrus fragments of Thomas – known as the Oxyrhynchus fragments – date to between 130 - 250 CE.

Translations of the sayings found in these Greek fragments of Thomas are presented here, followed by versions of the same sayings as they appear in the Coptic manuscript found at Nag Hammadi.

★ Hymn of the Pearl ★
- This beautiful text, excerpted from the Acts, is highly recommended reading.

★ The Acts of Thomas ★
- The complete text the Acts of Thomas, from The Apocryphal New Testament, translated by M. R. James.

We hope you'll enjoy and be enlightened with the contents within this app. Please leave us a rating and feedback for us to improve in future updates and releases.