The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus (Foundations & Facets)
Book Details
Author(s)
Stephen J. Patterson
Publisher
Polebridge Press
ISBN / ASIN
0944344321
ISBN-13
9780944344323
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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
