The Secret Sayings of Jesus Explained
1971, an examination of the Gospel of Thomas
Author
A Western Mystic
Publisher
Shiva Publications, Aberdeen, 1971
Printing Details
First edition, limited to 600 copies. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21 × 15cm, 67pp.
A series of essays examining the Gospel of Thomas in terms of a modern Gnostic philosophy. From the dustwrapper, "The austere psychology of the Fifth Gospel is remote from the superstitious Messiah-worship of the Synoptic Gospels. It is one of the stimulating and important themes of this work to reveal just how the editors of those Gospels glossed and devalued the wisdom of Thomas."
Condition
This copy is in very good condition, with a little wear to the wrapper's edges and some light tanning to the page edges. Loosely inserted is a relevant foreword from a later book.
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