Marvin W. Meyer
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
"In this fresh and masterful translation, Marvin Meyer presents one of the world's best-loved sacred texts. Honed over the last twenty years through a dozen versions, Meyer's Thomas promises to remain the definitive translation for decades to come." "Widely regarded by scholars as containing many of the original sayings of Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in 1945 among the gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. Reportedly dictated...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Lost for 1,600 years, the controversial Gospel of Judas was found in a desert cave in Egypt. The National Geographic Society put the ancient gospel's papyrus pages through the closest scrutiny possible in order to be certain of its age and authenticity. The process included submitting samples of the text to the most rigorous radiocarbon dating possible, and consulting with leading scholars who could interpret the gospel's meaning, and accurately confirm...
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Publisher's description: Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE--with earlier antecedents and later flourishings--whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and father, and the self-knowledge...
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
This up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the sacred Gnostic manuscripts features introductory essays, notes, tables, and more to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts that have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought.
