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== Portrayal of Jesus == | == Portrayal of Jesus == | ||
Through the Gospel of Thomas our eyes are opened to another side of our Brother Jesus—a side that the Bishop of Alexandria made certain we would never see in the New Testament. Whereas the New Testament Gospels emphasize the events of Jesus’ life, the Gospel of Thomas reveals almost no biographical details. Through the Gospel of Thomas our eyes are opened to another side of Jesus, as this Gospel emphasizes the words of the Master. | Through the Gospel of Thomas our eyes are opened to another side of our Brother Jesus—a side that the Bishop of Alexandria made certain we would never see in the New Testament. Whereas the New Testament [[Gospels]] emphasize the events of Jesus’ life, the Gospel of Thomas reveals almost no biographical details. Through the Gospel of Thomas our eyes are opened to another side of Jesus, as this Gospel emphasizes the words of the Master. | ||
The Gospel opens with the saying, “Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death.”<ref>James M. Robinson, ed., ''The Nag Hammadi Library in English'', 3d ed., rev. (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988), p. 126.</ref> In the Gospel of Thomas we do not meet a Jesus who works miracles, or a Jesus who comes to judge the world, or who is called “the Lord” or “the Christ.” The Jesus who speaks to us in the Gospel of Thomas is simply, profoundly, masterfully, a teacher of wisdom. He guides his students on a path of self-discovery: the discovery of the divine self within. He explains what it means to be a true disciple—and a true master. He speaks not of outer deeds and rituals but of the inner life, and the inner walk with him. | The Gospel opens with the saying, “Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death.”<ref>James M. Robinson, ed., ''The Nag Hammadi Library in English'', 3d ed., rev. (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988), p. 126.</ref> In the Gospel of Thomas we do not meet a Jesus who works miracles, or a Jesus who comes to judge the world, or who is called “the Lord” or “the Christ.” The Jesus who speaks to us in the Gospel of Thomas is simply, profoundly, masterfully, a teacher of wisdom. He guides his students on a path of self-discovery: the discovery of the divine self within. He explains what it means to be a true disciple—and a true master. He speaks not of outer deeds and rituals but of the inner life, and the inner walk with him. | ||