Therefore it depends on us moderns to bend a little by trying to see through it, and not be put off by it. The successive commentary is based upon the Coptic version and discusses also all fragments of the original Greek text. The Gospel of Thomas was written in 340 in Coptic, but the foundations are earlier oral traditions. The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, pp. Interviews with Gospel of Thomas scholars: Dr. Christopher W. Skinner recently interviewed nine prominent scholars who have studied and published commentary on the Gospel of Thomas. For "Thomas" the circular formula works as follows: this gospel is Gnostic, therefore it is the work of a Gnostic sect and so it is not authentic compared to the orthodox gospels. 2004. COMMENTARY/PURPORTS: by Tony O’Clery. An example of this method of learning is embedded in Thomas’ commentary on John’s Gospel. Gospel of Thomas or actually: The Gospel According to Thomas also known as Codex II was found in Egypt in 1945. This commentary is opened by a study offering information about all aspects of the Gospel of Thomas, especially about its relation to other texts of early Christian literature, including the canonical Gospels. Commentaries can be like recipes: We tend to think that the best one is whichever we encountered first. The Gospel of Thomas is, however, its own rule book. These interviews provide useful insights on the different ways experts approach this … In “The Gospel of Thomas: Jesus Said What?” in the July/August 2015 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole examines what the 114 sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas reveal about the early Christian world in which they were written. [I have left untouched the translation of this Gospel and have only added my PURPORTS/COMMENTARIES to what the various sayings mean from a Vedantic or Eastern Philosophy point of View, in my opinion. The very interesting thing is that the book contains direct citations of Jesus Christ in 114 verses. That’s why, amid the ever-growing list of commentaries on the Gospel of Thomas, some will remain partial to the previous ones written by Ménard, Nordsieck, Plisch, Pokorný, Grosso, DeConick, et al. Now an attractive new commentary has It cannot be eliminated. Always one will find definitions, divisions, and proofs in all medieval commentaries, whether they be on Aristotle, Boethius, or the Bible. 77-78 F. F. Bruce writes: “The reference to the stones in Saying 19b is reminiscent of the turning of stones into bread in the temptation narrative (Matthew 4.3; Luke 4.3).