THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

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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.

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Terdapat satu konsensus umum di kalangan para ulama bahawa Injil Thomas - yang ditemui lebih setengah abad yang lalu di padang pasir Mesir - bermula pada permulaan era Kristian dan mungkin telah mengambil bentuk pertama sebelum salah satu dari empat Injil kanonik tradisional. Dalam beberapa dekad pertama selepas penemuannya beberapa suara yang mewakili bias ortodoks yang teguh berpendapat bahawa Injil Thomas (disingkat, GTh) adalah pemalsuan Gnostik lewat kedua atau ketiga. Para ilmuwan yang kini terlibat dalam kajian Thomas kini sebahagian besarnya menolak pandangan itu, walaupun hujah-hujah tersebut masih akan didengar dari ahli apologis ortodoks dan ditemui dalam beberapa penerbitan awal tentang Thomas.

Hari ini kebanyakan pelajar akan bersetuju bahawa Thomas Injil telah membuka perspektif baru pada suara pertama tradisi Kristian. Kajian terkini yang berpusat pada GTh telah membawa kepada penilaian semula kekuatan dan peristiwa yang membentuk "ortodoks" semasa abad kedua dan ketiga. Tetapi lebih penting lagi, Injil Thomas sedang membangkitkan minat dalam warisan rohani budaya Kristiani yang terlupakan. The incipit (atau "kata permulaan") Thomas menjemput setiap kita "yang mempunyai telinga untuk mendengar" untuk menyertai dalam usaha yang unik:

Ini adalah kata-kata tersembunyi yang dikatakan Yesus hidup,
dan yang Didymos Judas Thomas menulis. Dan Dia berfirman:
"Barangsiapa yang mencari makna kata-kata ini tidak akan merasakan kematian."

Selain daripada Injil Thomas, aplikasi ini juga menyediakan kandungan yang dicari di:

★ Injil Thomas Fragments dari Oxyrhynchus ★
-Sebelum awal abad ke-20 tiga serpihan berasingan dari versi Greek Injil Thomas ditemui semasa penggalian arkeologi tapak kuno di Oxyrhynchus, Mesir. (Sebatian Injil Mary juga ditemui di Oxyrhynchus.) Tiga serpihan papirus Thomas - yang dikenali sebagai serpihan Oxyrhynchus - tarikh antara 130 - 250 CE.

Terjemahan kata-kata yang ditemui dalam serpihan-serpihan Thomas dari Thomas ini disampaikan di sini, diikuti oleh versi-versi dari kata-kata yang sama seperti yang terdapat dalam manuskrip Coptic yang terdapat di Nag Hammadi.

★ Hymn of the Pearl ★
- Teks yang indah ini, yang dikutip daripada Kisah Para Rasul, sangat disarankan untuk dibaca.

★ Kisah Thomas ★
- Teks lengkap Kisah Thomas, dari Perjanjian Baru Apokrif, diterjemahkan oleh 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.