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The Infancy Gospel of ThomasCodex ISO Edition 006 · Complete Reading Text
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Codex ISO Edition 006 · Complete Reading Text

An early Christian infancy narrative about the child Jesus, combining miracle stories, conflicts with teachers and neighbours, healings, and the Temple episode. Codex ISO preserves the source edition’s chapter sequence and its manuscript note rather than presenting later additions as unmarked text.

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Before you read

Context without the mythology.

Codex ISO separates the surviving evidence from later interpretation, so you can encounter the text without being told what to believe about it first.

01 / Historical context

This edition follows Mark M. Mattison’s public-domain translation based primarily on Hagios Saba 259, the earliest complete Greek manuscript used by the source edition. The source explicitly identifies where later Greek manuscript material supplies chapters absent from that witness.

02 / Why it matters

Read the complete source edition with its manuscript basis and editorial substitutions stated clearly.

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““When Jesus was five years old he was playing at the crossing of a stream.””
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We identify the edition, translation and surviving evidence; distinguish documentation from tradition; and state uncertainty rather than turning it into a sales claim.

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About The Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

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What is The Infancy Gospel of Thomas?

An early Christian infancy narrative about the child Jesus, combining miracle stories, conflicts with teachers and neighbours, healings, and the Temple episode. Codex ISO preserves the source edition’s chapter sequence and its manuscript note rather than presenting later additions as unmarked text.

What survives of The Infancy Gospel of Thomas?

This edition follows Mark M. Mattison’s public-domain translation based primarily on Hagios Saba 259, the earliest complete Greek manuscript used by the source edition. The source explicitly identifies where later Greek manuscript material supplies chapters absent from that witness.

Where can I read The Infancy Gospel of Thomas?

Codex ISO Edition 006 is a source-aware digital PDF edition available on this page for £1.99.

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