Gospel Thomas Film

Welcome to the video enriched ebook edition of The Gospel of Thomas with easy to play video scenes of all the Sayings of Jesus integrated within the text. Read as you go and with one touch instantly bring the text alive with an audio visual film clip of the Saying of interest. Professionally filmed with professional actors and enhanced with new levels of interactivity, there has never been a better way to read, view and enjoy this Gospel.

The Gospel of Thomas formed part of a collection of Gnostic (Gnosis, Gk. Knowing, act of knowing) Coptic Texts discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. Although The Gospel of Thomas is not included as part of the New Testament it is regarded by some as the 'Fifth Gospel.' Unusually, as compared with the four canonical gospels, Thomas is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus, but a collection of short dialogues and sayings, 114 in total, that are attributed to Jesus. It is considered by most scholars to contain some of the earliest known recorded sayings of Jesus and is one of the most controversial, enigmatic and studied of Gospels and was used as the basis for the feature film 'Stigmata.'

There are many translations of the Gospels and no two read alike. This disturbs many Christians since they believe that their salvation depends upon the correct interpretation of the truth and want to know which is the most reliable translation that has the least bias.

As a result many translations can be discounted. However, in reference to the Gospel of Thomas, it should be recognised that Coptic words do not have a direct correspondence with English words in terms of their meaning nor the same sentence structure nor style. Therefore, bias does not necessarily enter into it and as such there is room for legitimate variation in translation, provided that each translation is truthful. However it is crucially important that the translation is as accurately meaningful to the source text as is possible and accomplished by an acknowledged scholar in their field of expertise.

As a neutral investigator and the presenter I have diligently sought 'truth in translation' by selecting what is, in my opinion, one of the the most reliable and accurate, yet individually distinctive translation of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas by Nicholas Perrin, an internationally recognised expert in the study and translation of ancient texts. This translation can also be found in his book: Perrin (2002) -- Nicholas Perrin, Thomas and Tatian, the Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron.

Especial thanks to Nicholas for allowing the use of his most respected translation and to the pioneers Qmorphic for providing their technology and enabling resources for this new type of presentation and Apple for this new platform with which to learn and enjoy. Wonderful!

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[DasabraFilms]

@fpo1987

Hi. Thanks for comment. There were various versions of the Gospel of Thomas filmed and this is the passionate portrayal. A gentler version is also available on youtube. Just search 'Gospel of Thomas Gentle.'

Thanks

[blackhighpanther]

@ASexyChef i see. thank u.

[ASexyChef]

@CodeGenAnA Not its viewed as a more spiritual version of a religion, to be an agnostic makes you not sure because you see not evidence for a God or Gods, were Gnosticism is just a very spiritual version of a religion, allot of time associated with secret knowlege or understanding to obtain enlightenment or the real knowledge of the religion, there are typically Gnostic versions in every religion, the Jewish, Muslims, Buddhist have them too, along with others.

[ASexyChef]

@jessegguitar Jesus is conforming his role, that he is there to bring a message or messages, and his teaching to gush forth from followers, but he not the Master he just the messenger.

[ASexyChef]

@upNyaBizznizz Ya I agree, you can read the bible over and over and never read any claim of divinity, yet you go to listen to a preacher who has cherry pick passages and lined them up, it does than appear there is the Trinity. Jesus makes it clear God is a spiritual father to him, but than to everyone, and he was a prophet and in the end its a simple thing. If the only way to salvation was the Trinity or the concept Jesus is God than he would just of state I am God, he never does, anywhere.

[ASexyChef]

@fpo1987 Actors who are I think practiced in Shakespeare style, its an older over acting style, so when you do like a speech you do it overly dramatic and it does come off as angry.. Or its just cause they made Jesus British and he is pissed off cause he not a brit lamo!

[fpo1987]

Why is Jesus so angry or at least this is how he is being portrayed in this video...

Interesting Gospel thought...

[CodeGenAnA]

Is Gnosticism the seed and birth of Agnosticism? This is what I can see at the moment, and I'm finding some comfort in the gospel of Thomas.

[jessegguitar]

@jessegguitarbubbling spring to gush forth??? thats what i dont get.. but ur still a bitch

[YoungNubb]

@jessegguitar you really don't get it? For one thing it's cryptic as hell, but.... come on