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There is a general consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas – discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of the four traditional canonical Gospels. During the first few decades after its discovery several voices representing established orthodox biases argued that the Gospel of Thomas (abbreviated, GTh) was a late-second or third century Gnostic forgery. Scholars currently involved in Thomas studies now largely reject that view, though such arguments will still be heard from orthodox apologists and are encountered in some of the earlier publications about Thomas.

Today most students would agree that the Thomas Gospel has opened a new perspective on the first voice of the Christian tradition. Recent studies centered on GTh have led to a stark reappraisal of the forces and events forming "orthodoxy" during the second and third centuries. But more importantly, the Gospel of Thomas is awakening interest in a forgotten spiritual legacy of Christian culture. The incipit (or "beginning words") of Thomas invite each of us "who has ears to hear" to join in a unique quest:

These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke,
and that Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And He said:
"Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death."

Aside from The Gospel of Thomas, this app also provides sought after content on:

★ The Gospel of Thomas Fragments from Oxyrhynchus ★
-At the very beginning of the twentieth century three separate fragments from Greek versions of the Gospel of Thomas were discovered during archeological excavations of an ancient site in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Mary were also found at Oxyrhynchus.) The three papyrus fragments of Thomas – known as the Oxyrhynchus fragments – date to between 130 - 250 CE.

Translations of the sayings found in these Greek fragments of Thomas are presented here, followed by versions of the same sayings as they appear in the Coptic manuscript found at Nag Hammadi.

★ Hymn of the Pearl ★
- This beautiful text, excerpted from the Acts, is highly recommended reading.

★ The Acts of Thomas ★
- The complete text the Acts of Thomas, from The Apocryphal New Testament, translated by M. R. James.

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هناك إجماع عام بين العلماء على أن إنجيل توما - الذي تم اكتشافه منذ أكثر من نصف قرن في الصحراء المصرية - يعود إلى بدايات الحقبة المسيحية ، وربما يكون قد اتخذ الشكل الأول قبل أي من الأناجيل الأربعة التقليدية الكنسية. خلال العقود القليلة الأولى بعد اكتشافه ، جادل العديد من الأصوات التي تمثل التحيزات الأرثوذكسية الراسخة بأن إنجيل توماس (اختصارًا ، GTh) كان عبارة عن تزوير غنوي في أواخر القرن الثاني أو الثالث. ويرفض الباحثون الذين يشاركون حاليا في دراسات توماس هذا الرأي إلى حد كبير ، على الرغم من أن مثل هذه الحجج ستظل مسموعة من المدافعين الأرثوذكس ويواجهون في بعض المنشورات السابقة عن توماس.

اليوم ، يتفق معظم الطلاب على أن إنجيل توماس قد فتح وجهة نظر جديدة حول أول صوت للتقليد المسيحي. وقد أدت الدراسات الحديثة التي تركزت على GTh إلى إعادة تقييم صارخ للقوى والأحداث التي تشكل "الأرثوذكسية" خلال القرنين الثاني والثالث. لكن الأهم من ذلك ، أن إنجيل توما يوقظ الاهتمام بإرث روحاني منسي للثقافة المسيحية. الكلمة الأوليمبية (أو "الكلمات الأولى") لتوماس تدعو كل واحد منا "من لديه أذان لسماع" للانضمام في مهمة فريدة:

هذه هي الكلمات المخفية التي تكلم بها يسوع الحي ،
وأن ديديموس يهوذا توماس كتب. و قال:
"من يجد معنى هذه الكلمات لن يتذوق الموت".

وبصرف النظر عن إنجيل توماس ، يوفر هذا التطبيق أيضا سعى بعد المحتوى على:

★ إنجيل من أجزاء توماس من Oxyrhynchus ★
- في بداية القرن العشرين ، تم اكتشاف ثلاث شظايا منفصلة من النسخ اليونانية لإنجيل توماس أثناء عمليات التنقيب الأثرية لموقع قديم في أوكسيرينخوس ، مصر. (تم العثور على شظايا من إنجيل مريم أيضا في أوكسيرينخوس). الأجزاء الثلاثة من البردي لتوماس - المعروفة باسم شظايا أوكسيرينخوس - يعود تاريخها إلى ما بين 130 - 250 م.

وترد هنا ترجمات للأقوال الموجودة في هذه الشظايا اليونانية لتوماس ، متبوعة بنسخ من نفس الأقوال كما تظهر في المخطوطة القبطية التي عثر عليها في نجع حمادي.

★ ترنيمة اللؤلؤة ★
- هذا النص الجميل ، مقتطف من الأفعال ، يوصى بشدة القراءة.

★ أعمال توماس ★
- النص الكامل لأعمال توماس ، من كتاب العهد الجديد ، التي كتبها M. R. جيمس.

نأمل أن تستمتع وتستنير مع محتويات داخل هذا التطبيق. يرجى ترك لنا التقييم وردود الفعل بالنسبة لنا لتحسين في التحديثات والإصدارات المستقبلية.

There is a general consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas – discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of the four traditional canonical Gospels. During the first few decades after its discovery several voices representing established orthodox biases argued that the Gospel of Thomas (abbreviated, GTh) was a late-second or third century Gnostic forgery. Scholars currently involved in Thomas studies now largely reject that view, though such arguments will still be heard from orthodox apologists and are encountered in some of the earlier publications about Thomas.

Today most students would agree that the Thomas Gospel has opened a new perspective on the first voice of the Christian tradition. Recent studies centered on GTh have led to a stark reappraisal of the forces and events forming "orthodoxy" during the second and third centuries. But more importantly, the Gospel of Thomas is awakening interest in a forgotten spiritual legacy of Christian culture. The incipit (or "beginning words") of Thomas invite each of us "who has ears to hear" to join in a unique quest:

These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke,
and that Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And He said:
"Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death."

Aside from The Gospel of Thomas, this app also provides sought after content on:

★ The Gospel of Thomas Fragments from Oxyrhynchus ★
-At the very beginning of the twentieth century three separate fragments from Greek versions of the Gospel of Thomas were discovered during archeological excavations of an ancient site in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Mary were also found at Oxyrhynchus.) The three papyrus fragments of Thomas – known as the Oxyrhynchus fragments – date to between 130 - 250 CE.

Translations of the sayings found in these Greek fragments of Thomas are presented here, followed by versions of the same sayings as they appear in the Coptic manuscript found at Nag Hammadi.

★ Hymn of the Pearl ★
- This beautiful text, excerpted from the Acts, is highly recommended reading.

★ The Acts of Thomas ★
- The complete text the Acts of Thomas, from The Apocryphal New Testament, translated by M. R. James.

We hope you'll enjoy and be enlightened with the contents within this app. Please leave us a rating and feedback for us to improve in future updates and releases.