The Gospel of Thomas, a collection of words of Jesus, is one of the most significant extrabiblical texts of the early Christian era.

This edition presents the tests in the classical languages and provides an English translation and a readily readable commentary. It includes:

• an introduction to the Gospel of Thomas


• the complete Coptic text


• the text of the Greek fragments and a Greek retranslation of all logia with the parallel texts from the canonical gospels


• an English translation


• an extensive commentary


• illustrations of the Coptic manuscript


• an appendix with an indey and bibliography

The intoduction and commentary do not assume knowledge of the classical languages, making the Gospel of Thomas accessible to a broad audience.

Dr. Uwe-Karsten Plisch is a renowned specialist in extrabiblical texts of the early Christian era (2nd/3rd centuries). He participates in the German translation of the texts from Nag Hammadi.