Written at the same time as the canonical Gospels, the Gospel of Thomas portrays Jesus as a wisdom-loving sage. While illuminating the origins of Christianity, it raises the question whether the New Testament’s version of Jesus’ teachings is entirely accurate and complete. One of those texts was the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most important religious archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. In 1945, twelve ancient books were found inside a sealed jar at the base of an Egyptian cliff. This ancient text can become a companion for your own spiritual journey. To those who learn to unpack its sometimes cryptic sayings, the Gospel of Thomas offers a naked and dazzlingly subversive representation of Jesus’ defining and most radical discovery: that the living Kingdom of God burns in us and surrounds us at all moments." "The Gospel of Thomas really is, I believe, the clearest guide we have to the vision of the world's supreme mystical revolutionary, the teacher known as Jesus. The recently discovered mystical sayings of Jesus, with facing-page commentary that brings the text to life for you.
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