An ancient text that can become a companion for your own spiritual journey.

In 1945, twelve ancient books were found inside a sealed jar at the base of an Egyptian cliff. One of those text was The Gospel of Thomas,one of the most important archeological discoveries of the twentiethcentury. Believed to have been written at the same time as thecanonical Gospels, the parables and sayings in The Gospel of Thomaspresent a new, intriguing and subtly different portrait of Jesus, emphasising that self-knowledge and contemplation of the nature of thisworld are the keys to the kingdom of Heaven.

This completely newtranslation, scholarly yet immediately accesible, is complemented bythe authoritative commentary that explains the referenced andphilosophical terms and brings this lost Gospel alive for thenon-specialist reader for the first time.