The Gospel of Thomas is the most important manuscript for the origin of what religion?
Christianity
100
Define Gnosis
"The Greek word for knowledge"
100
Name the Disciples cited by the author.
Thomas, Peter, Matthew, Mary or Miriam and Salome
100
The Gospel of Thomas talks about the origins of Hinduism
False
100
"If one comes to find the right interpretation of the saying in the Gospel of Thomas then, the text promises _____"?
"One will not taste death"
200
Many scholars have noted that The Gospel of Thomas is the most ______ possible form of written tradition.
Primitive
200
What is Coptic?
Language of Ancient Egypt put into an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet
200
Thomas became the equivilant to ______?
Jesus
200
The Gospel of Thomas may have been written before 62 A.D.
True
200
According to the author, the Gospel of Thomas is little more than a ______?
Disorganized List
300
Who founded the church in Eqypt?
Mark
300
Define Gnostics
People who believe in a demonic god ruling this earth through other gods called archons
300
Matthew declared Jesus to be ______?
A wise man, a philosopher
300
Sin and salvation are not themes in the Gospel of Thomas
True
300
The greatest significance of the Gospel of Thomas for most people arises from _______________?
"The fact that so many of its sayings are similar to the sayings in the canonical gospels"
400
How many sayings attributed to Jesus does the Gospel of Thomas contain?
Roughly 150
400
Define Quelle
"The Source" in German
400
Peter declared Jesus to be a ________?
Righteous Messenger
400
The "two-source hypothesis" says that Matthew and John used two texts as principal sources for their own gospels
False -- Matthew and Luke
400
According to text, what does the Kingdom result from?
Inner self-discovery
500
What motif occurs throughout the Gospel of Thomas?
"Seek and ye shall find"
500
What is the Nag Hammadi Library?
Collection of 12 old books considered to be the most important archaeological discover of the 20th century for research into the New Testament and early Christianity.
500
What did Salome discover?
One of the women to discover Jesus's empty tomb
500
The R is the lost collection of the sayings of Jesus
False -- The Q
500
FINAL JEOPARDY: How did the author Stevan Davies come upon a translation of the Gospel of Thomas?
Wandering around the Divinity School libary stacks at Duke University