Gospels

Gospel of Thomas

Gospel of Thomas is a papyrus in the Coptic which was discovered in 1945 by concern of Hammadi in Egypt. Papyrus contains 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, some of which are similar to those mentioned in the books of the apostles Mark, Luke and Matthew, but some were unknown until its discovery. Maxim was described as coming from the disciples of Jesus by Thomas. When it was revealed as a full text of the Gospel, it was understood that the three parts of it, in the Greek, has been discovered before by Aoksiarinachuc in Egypt in 1898. So the discovered manuscript dated circa 200 and the manuscript of the Coptic version for 340. It is hypothesized that the Coptic version was translated into an earlier Greek version. Manuscript is not related to work Haapockeripioat and pseudo - adding practical miraculous stories about his childhood, so to speak, of Jesus. It is unclear whether when Hipolitoas and Origen speak of the "Gospel of Thomas" in the middle of the third century they relate to the manuscript of these phrases or of a reporter.

There is debate about the precise dating of the date of creation of the original manuscript. The early camp, which includes mainly educated from the United States, argues that written in the fifties of the first century, while others, especially in Europe, claim that was written in the nineties of the century. The camp's main argument is similar to that introductory book includes a non-original material probably Ahsinupteim Gospels, and thus inferred that the tradition was written based on the owner - here. Since reliance on tradition and the owner - here was completed in the first century, the gospel had to be written before, maybe even in 40 AD. After that date before the date of writing of the other Gospels, some argue that the Gospel - According to Thomas there is a connection to a source Q - the presumed source common name based on which Mark, Luke and when and that reasonably could be attributed at least some of the material to the historical Jesus, especially when it comes to intermittent or vague phrases.

According to preliminary camp, the impact of source Q is the explanation most concise to Ahsinupteim Gospels problem source is considered the earliest source containing the Mimerutio of Christ. Q This is usually divided into three layers; the apocalyptic material belongs to the second and third layer. New Testament scholars have identified 37 common sayings Thomas with the first and second layers estimated, but Thomas apparently did not recognize the third tier. Since the first layers of the four books are to the rest of the Apostles, the Apostles Thomas earlier books. The fact that the gospel of Thomas even considered or mentioned as a candidate under any circumstances be included among the New Testament, certainly not during crystallization of tradition in the seventies of the second century, shows that this period was a version of Thomas was known ...