The Gospel of Thomas. Apocrypha of Early Christians

Elaine Pagels, a leading scholar in the history of religion, continues her exploration of the Gnostic gospels, accidentally discovered in Nag Hammadi in 1947. And, like her previous studies, this book overturns traditional views of the history of early Christians, the spread of Christianity, and the reasons why the texts that became canonical were included in the New Testament. Elaine Pagels directs her analysis to the secret gospel of Thomas and compels us to reconsider what is deemed heretical and what is orthodox, as well as how perceptions of the divine light within us have changed.» Elaine Pagels is a professor of early Christian history at Princeton University. This work publishes the complete text of the Gospel of Thomas.