category: apocryphal gospels

"In The Secret Sayings of Jesus, Robert Grant and David Noel Freedman offer a modern translation of the Gospel of Thomas, along with a judicious and revealing commentary on each saying."--Inside jacket

This text is based on one of the great religious literary discoveries; the finding of the Gnostic Gospels in Upper Egypt in 1945.

This English translation of the new and thoroughly revised sixth German edition of the extensive extra-canonical gospel literature is an absolutely indispensable collection of sources for every student of the New Testament and of the ...

This English translation of the new and thoroughly revised sixth German edition of the extensive extra-canonical gospel literature is an absolutely indispensable collection of sources for every student of the New Testament and of the ...

Presents selections from the gnostic gospels, including "The Fable of Pearl," "Poimandres," "The Gospel of Truth," and "The Secret Book according to St. John."

"A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt."--