St. Thomas s Gospel is one of the most hotly debated documents from Early Christianity. No other piece of extra-canonical scripture has given rise to such controversy about whether it presents Jesus message in a more original and less theologically sophisticated form than the New Testament Gospels. [...]
English summary: Enno Edzard Popkes investigates the anthropological traits of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas, especially its comprehension of individuality and sociality, the term monachos and the motif of the image character of human existence. The analysis shows that this writing can be understood a[...]