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The Gospel of Thomas is a unique apocryphal gospel that contains numerous sayings of [[Jesus]], most -- but not all -- with parallels in the four canonical or "synoptic" gospels. Unlike them, it does not give a narrative of the life of [[Jesus]], but is what is called a "sayings gospel", a collection of the statements of Christ, and a possible witness of the hypothetical text known as the [[Q document]], a souce for the gospels of [[Matthew]] and [[Luke]].
The Gospel of Thomas survives in full in a [[Coptic]] text which was among those found in 1945 at Nag Hammadi in [[Egypt]].
The Gospel of Thomas survives in full in a [[Coptic]] text which was among those found in 1945 at Nag Hammadi in [[Egypt]].