Codex ISO Edition 001
114 sayings attributed to Jesus. No narrative. No sermons about what you should think — read the surviving text for yourself.
The complete text, laid out for reading, with the provenance and uncertainty you need to understand what you are actually looking at.
Codex ISO separates the surviving evidence from later interpretation, so you can encounter the text without being told what to believe about it first.
The Gospel of Thomas survives substantially complete in Coptic in Nag Hammadi Codex II, alongside earlier Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus. Its date and compositional history remain debated.
“Whoever discovers the meaning of these sayings won’t taste death.”
A substantially complete Coptic witness survives, and Greek fragments show earlier circulation of portions of the work.
There is no single scholarly consensus on the date or compositional history of the sayings collection.
Thomas presents sayings rather than a narrative of Jesus’ life, making it important evidence for the diversity of early Christian literature.
Complete digital edition · 114 sayings · source dossier · manuscript context · reading notes.
A source-aware guide to the Gospel of Thomas: its 114 sayings, Nag Hammadi Codex II, the Oxyrhynchus fragments and the questions scholars still dispute.
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A sayings gospel containing 114 sayings and short dialogues attributed to Jesus. Unlike the canonical narrative gospels, Thomas presents no continuous account of Jesus’ life, crucifixion or resurrection. This Codex ISO edition pairs a public-domain English translation with a source dossier that separates manuscript evidence from later interpretation.
Complete Coptic witness: Nag Hammadi Codex II, Tractate 2, discovered in Egypt in 1945. Earlier Greek fragments survive from Oxyrhynchus. The work’s date of composition remains disputed.
Codex ISO Edition 001 is a source-aware digital PDF edition available on this page for £1.99.