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Title: The Gospel of Thomas by Andrew Phillip Smith ISBN: 0-9645782-5-5 Publisher: Ulysses Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointing commentary
Comment: This version of Thomas has the virtue of being pocket-sized and easy to carry around, but had little else of value for me. The author attempts to correlate it with the philosophy of P.D. Ouspensky in a heavy-handed fashion that feels like a tract for Ouspensky, but doesn't present Ouspensky's thought clearly.
There is very little actual commentary to help understand the crytic and at times opaque sayings of Thomas. Yet, as the superior Stevan Davies translation suggests, Thomas was written to challenge the reader, and force him inside to meditate as it were for answers. Davies does a decent job of commentary, more satisfying for me than the Marvin Meyer translation and commentary.
Of course Elaine Pagels' "Beyond Belief" is essential reading for anyone who has appreciated the illuminating brilliance of Thomas. In time, I feel Thomas will be even more of a "sleeper gospel" and have a profound influence on what is preached in main-line churches, as well as having much potential to heal misunderstandings between Christians and Jews.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for carrying around
Comment: I've read many translations of the Gospel of thomas, but this is the first one that is just the right size for carrying around with me. I like the translation and the other stuff, and I can just pop it in my pocket and read it on the subway (or even at my job.)I don't know why somebody didn't think of this before!
Rating: 5
Summary: Jesus' teachings in the Gospel of Thomas
Comment: The Gospel of Thomas is the most important resource for the study of the teachings of Jesus outside of the New Testament. Andrew Smith's new version of the Gospel of Thomas is a fine introduction to that important text. His commentary on the "Inner Meaning" of the Gospel of Thomas, linking it to the "Fourth Way" school of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, is very interesting; it is a landmark effort to make Thomas a useful spiritual guide for the present day. Today, Smith writes, "The Gospel of Thomas asks us to choose between being dead and becoming the image of God." In addition to a full translation of
the Gospel of Thomas, Smith's book contains a useful historically-based introduction to the text to enable ordinary readers to put Thomas into historical context and a set of penciled illustrations based on religious works by Rembrandt van Rijn.
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Title: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup, Joseph Rowe, Jacob Needleman ISBN: 0892819111 Publisher: Inner Traditions International Pub. Date: 30 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels ISBN: 0679724532 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 19 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Gospel of Thomas : The Hidden Sayings of Jesus by Marvin Meyer ISBN: 006065581X Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 13 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Nag Hammadi Library in English : Revised Edition by James M. Robinson ISBN: 0060669357 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 21 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Fifth Gospel: The Gospel of Thomas Comes of Age by Stephen J. Patterson ISBN: 1563382490 Publisher: Trinity Press International Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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