Gospel of Thomas and Christian Wisdom

Cover......Page 1
The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Wisdom......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
1. The Gospel of Thomas......Page 10
2. Is the Gospel of Thomas Gnostic?......Page 27
3. Wisdom and Thomas......Page 45
4. Image and Light......Page 71
5. Christology and Sophiology......Page 90
6. Thomas and the New Testament......Page 109
7. Thomas and Baptism......Page 126
8. Thomas and First Corinthians......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 154
Appendix I: The Structure of Thomas......Page 158
Appendix II: A Translation of the Gospel of Thomas......Page 166
Section One......Page 167
Section Two......Page 172
Section Three......Page 174
Section Four......Page 178
A Saying Added Later to the Bask Text......Page 180
CHAPTER ONE......Page 182
CHAPTER TWO......Page 183
CHAPTER FIVE......Page 184
CHAPTER SEVEN......Page 185
APPENDIX I......Page 186
Index of the Gospel of Thomas, Canonical Scriptures, and Apocrypha......Page 188