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Published by NY. 1993. Barnes & Noble., 1993
ISBN 10: 1566192749ISBN 13: 9781566192743
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
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light blue & dark blue hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. mint cond. dustwrapper in fine cond. looks new. like new. 5th printing. 206p. b&w map. biblio. index. ancient religion. gnositicism. history of christianity. ancient literature. egypt. coptic christianity. clement of alexandria. origen. ophites. carpocratians. cathari. simon magus. valentinians. ebionites. athanasius. nag hammadi. iraeneus. hebrew religion. arius. naassenes justin martryr. synoptic gospels. pistis sophia. marcion. gospel of mary. gospel of peter. gospel of the egyptians. basilides. hippolytus. valentinus.~ The treasure trove of religious writings found at Nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945 rivals in importance the unearthing of the Dead Sea scrolls two years later. Among the ancient Gnostic texts discovered near that village on the Nile was the controversial Gospel of Thomas, a collection of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus. Of the thirteen volumes of documents uncovered at that time, the "Secret Sayings of Jesus," as this Gospel came to be called, stands closest in sense and spirit to the more widely accepted sources of early Christianity. 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. It is the authors' contention that through this work readers will gain insight into the many different ways the teachings of Jesus were understood by the generations immediately following his death. With its belief in an unknowable God who created the world of good and spirit, and a dermi~urge who created the world of evil and matter, Gnosticism was a vital, if finally vanquished, root of Christian thought. Many of its tenets were later condemned by the then fledgling Apostolic Church. In addition to the translation and commentary itself, The Secret Sayings of Jesus provides a wealth of background on Gospel texts in general. The authors explain the importance of the oral tradition of the ancient world, the survival of the Gospels deemed authentic, the difference between the teachings of the accepted Gospels and the Gnostic ones, and the magnitude of the find at Nag Hammadi. The authors also attempt to draw a portrait of the man known as Thomas, and his immediate world~a world of small, contending religious sects such as the Ophites and Naassenes, many of whose teachings were later declared heretical. By bringing the Gospel of Thomas into the light, and its long~silent voice into English, Grant and Freedman suggest the many alternative roads that religious history~in fact, all history~might have taken. They also supply a remarkable record of the meaning and depth of faith in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Published by Doubleday, 1960, 1960
Condition: near fine. hbk 206pp lacks dj otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy.
Published by Barnes & Noble, New York, 1960
ISBN 10: 1566192749ISBN 13: 9781566192743
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first Printing of the First Edition with an embossed stamping in an alike barely edgeworn dust-jacket that bears the same stamping; The Secret Sayings of Jesus is a book of brief, poetic sayings attributed to Jesus Christ. The words are culled from the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke and presented in a simple, concise format. The book is intended for use as a daily devotional and as a primer for understanding the teachings of Jesus.; 8vo; 206 pages.