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Jan 2023
16m 39s

What is the Gospel of Thomas?

FILIP HOLM
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Sources/Recomended Reading:

  • Asgeirsson, Jon (2005). "Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity The Social and Cultural World of the Gospel of Thomas". Brill.
  • Brakke, David (2012). "Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity". Harvard University Press.
  • Carlson, Stephen C. (2014). "Origen's use of the Gospel of Thomas". Uppsala University.
  • King, Karen (2003). "What is Gnosticism?". Harvard University Press.
  • Van den Broek, Roelof (2013). "Gnostic Religion in Antiquity". Cambridge University Press.
  • Meyer, Marvin (ed.) (2009). "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume ". HarperOne.
  • Meyer, Marvin & Harold Bloom (1993). "The Gospel of St Thomas: The hidden sayings of Jesus". Bravo Ltd.


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