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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یک توافق عمومی در میان دانشمندان وجود دارد که انجیل توماس که بیش از نیم قرن پیش در صحرای مصر کشف شده است - به تاریخ بسیار دوران مسیحی می رسد و ممکن است قبل از هر یك از چهار انجیل كلیسای سنتی، اولین فرم را گرفته باشد. در چند دهه اول پس از کشف آن، چندین صدای نمایشی از تعصبات ارتدوکس وجود داشتند که ادعا می کردند که انجیل توماس (تقریبا GTh) قرعه کشی عرفانی در اواخر دوم یا سوم قرن بود. محققان در حال حاضر در مطالعات توماس در حال حاضر عمدتا این دیدگاه را رد می کنند، هرچند چنین استدلالی از متاهلین ارتدکس شنیده می شود و در بعضی از انتشارات قبلی درباره توماس نیز دیده می شود.

امروزه اکثر دانشجویان موافقند که توماس انجیل یک دیدگاه جدید را در اولین صدای سنت مسیحیت باز کرده است. مطالعات اخیر که بر روی GTh متمرکز شده اند، به بررسی مجدد نیروها و حوادثی که "ارتدکس" را در طول قرن دوم و سوم شکل می دهند، منجر شده است. اما مهمتر از همه، انجیل توماس علاقه خاصی به میراث معنوی فراموش شده فرهنگ مسیحی دارد. ابتکار (و یا "کلمات ابتدایی") توماس هر یک از ما را دعوت می کند "که گوش دارد برای شنیدن" برای پیوستن به یک تلاش منحصر به فرد:

این کلمات پنهانی است که عیسی مسیح سخن می گفت
و دیویموس یهودا توماس نوشت. و او گفت:
"هرکسی که معنی این کلمات را پیدا کند، مرگ نخواهد کشید."

به غیر از انجیل توماس، این برنامه همچنین پس از محتوا در مورد:

★ انجیل فاحشه توماس از Oxyrhynchus ★
- در آغاز قرن بیستم، سه قطعه جداگانه از نسخه یونانی انجیل توماس در کاوشهای باستان شناسی یک سایت باستانی در Oxyrhynchus مصر کشف شد. (قطعه انجیل مریم نیز در Oxyrhynchus یافت می شود.) سه قطعه پاپیروس توماس - که به عنوان عناصر Oxyrhynchus شناخته می شود - بین 130 تا 250 میلادی است.

ترجمهی جملههایی که در این قطعات یونانی توماس پیدا شده است، در اینجا آورده شده و نسخههایی از همان جملههایی که در دستنوشتههای قبطی در ناقله حمدی دیده میشوند، ارائه میشوند.

★ سرود مروارید ★
- این متن زیبایی که از اعمال انتخاب شده است بسیار خواسته شده است.

★ اعمال توماس ★
- متن کامل اعمال توماس، از عهد جدید فصیح، ترجمه شده توسط M. R. James.

ما امیدواریم که شما با محتوای موجود در این برنامه لذت ببرید و روشن کنید. لطفا به ما امتیاز و بازخورد برای ما در به روز رسانی ها و انتشارات آینده بسپارید.

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.