The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation by April D Deconick

The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation by April D Deconick

An enigmatic collection of 114 sayings of Jesus, the 'Gospel of Thomas' was discovered in the sands of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in the 1940's. Here, April DeConick provides a new English translation of the entire Gospel of Thomas, which includes the original 'kernel' of the Gospel and all the sayings. Whilst most other translations are of the Coptic text with only occasional reference to the Greek fragment variants, this translation integrates the Greek and offers new solutions to complete the lacunae. A unique feature of this book is that translations to the parallels of the Gospel are also included. Since its discovery, scholars and the public alike have been intrigued to know what the Gospel says and what light it sheds on the formation of early Christianity. In 'Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas', April DeConick argued that the gospel was a 'rolling corpus, ' a book of sayings that grew over time, beginning as a simple written gospel containing oracles of the prophet Jesus. As the community faced various crises and constituency changes, including the delay of the Eschaton and the need to accommodate Gentiles within the group, its traditions were reinterpreted and the sayings in their gospel updated, accommodating the present experiences of the community. This volume was originally published in hardback as volume 287 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series and is part of the Early Christianity in Context subseries.

Review in French Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses, 2007
'An insightful and comprehensive presenation of the Gospel of Thomas' Theological Book Review, Volume 20, No 2, 2008
"This is the essential commentary and reference work on the gospel of Thomas"   International Review of Biblical Studies, vol. 54:2007/08
"This is a book which scholars will surely welcome" "the issues are well-presented and the author's case clearly argued" Journal for the sudy of the New Testament, 30 May 2008 -- Nicholas H. Taylor
"April DeConick is among the most prolific and creative scholars writing in English on the Gospel of Thomas" "no-one who wishes to do serious historical work on this gospel will be able to ignore them" ANVIL vol.24 no.4 2007 -- Andrew Gregory

April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University (Houston, Texas). She specializes in early Christian history and theology, noncanonical Gospels, and gnostic and mystical traditions. Her books include Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (1996); Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature (Sheffield Academic, 2001); Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth (T. & T. Clark, 2005); and The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation, with Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel (T. & T. Clark, 2006) and The Thirteenth Apostle: what the Gospel of Judas really says (Continuum, 2007). She has also edited the collection of papers, Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism (SBL, 2006).

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ISBN 13	9780567042927
ISBN 10	0567042928
Title	The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation
Author	April D Deconick
Series	The Library Of New Testament Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2007-09-01
Number of pages	376
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