@article{1356372,
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356372},
      title = {The Gospel of Thomas [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      abstract = {Religion, archaeology and understated drama intertwine in  the story of the discovery of ancient papyrus manuscripts  in a sealed jar in a cave in southern Egypt in 1945.  Written in Coptic, an old Egyptian language, one of them  turned out to be a lost gospel containing the words of  Jesus, the so-called Gospel of Thomas. A young Dane, Soren  Giverson, was the first scholar to examine them in 1957. He  dedicated his life to their study. The opening words of the  manuscript, which dates from 340-343, reads "These are the  hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Judas Thomas  the Twin recorded." The twenty-two pages contain one  hundred fourteen parables ascribed to Jesus and differs  from the four other Gospels in that it is directed to his  intimate disciples and not to a larger audience. Filmed  against the stark desert landscape, the documentary brings  out the simplicity and mystery of the parables, as well as  the zeal that went into tracing their origins.},
      recid = {1356372},
      pages = {1 online resource (53 min.)},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      year = {1999},
}