Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

more interest to the general public than the much-
ballyhooed Dead Sea Scrolls— except that it is not
as well known.
Many quotations recorded in Thomas are
similar to those in the Gospels that make up what
is known as the New Testament canon— the
writings of the early church that eventually came to
be accepted as authentic and authoritative texts
for all Christians. For example, Saying 90 in
Thomas, ‘Come unto me, for my yoke is easy and
my lordship is mild, and you will find repose for
yourselves,’ bears strong resemblance to a
familiar passage in Matthew 11:2830.
Recent Scholarly Comments
Henry Barclay Swete, ‘ The Oxyrhynchus
Fragment [PapOx 1]’ (lecture delivered to the Summer
Meeting of Clergy, the University of Cambridge, 29 July
1897): The site of Oxyrhynchus ... in Christian
times ... acquired a reputation as a stronghold of
Egyptian monasticism.... The Λογια Ιησου are the
oracles of Jesus, or sayings in which He reveals
the Divine will. The book bears, I think, manifest
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