Best described as a devotional, this collection of letters offers 114 meditations corresponding to the verses of the Gospel of Thomas. Malachi, a California-based mystic who founded the Sophia ...

This article discusses the enigmatic logion 27 in the Gospel of Thomas. It argues that preconceived notions of the text being "Gnostic" have affected previous interpretations of how the Sabbath is ...

Now the full translation by five scholars* of all 114 “sayings”—together with the Coptic-language text—has been published as The Gospel According to Thomas (Harper; $2). The Evil Creator. The ...

The problem began with the act of assembling the New Testament itself. According to Pagels the earliest group of Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the so-called Synoptic Gospels), shared with the ...

A title card at the beginning of The Carpenter’s Son informs us that the movie is based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which “describes events missing in the gospel timeline.” That’s certainly an ...

The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress Geographer McDonald debuts with a sweeping reappraisal of the notion of historical progress. He examines frequently cited evidence of ...

There was a time when scholars of early Christianity labored in anonymity at the bottom of academic pecking orders. Then came Princeton professor Elaine Pagels, whose “The Gnostic Gospels” became a ...

Re “Judas Is No Traitor in Long-Lost Gospel,” April 7 It is fashionable to equate Gnostic writings with Christianity, but Gnostic writings negate the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. Gnosticism was an ...

The Gospel of Thomas, an ancient manuscript featuring 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, paints a different picture of the religious leader than traditional gospels, coming amid reports that Jesus' ...