#111 | What is the Gospel of Thomas? Explained! | @m.davidlitwa Dr. David Litwa, Esoterica, Pistis Sofia, The Book Of Jeu, Jesus & The Gospel Of Thomas Introduction: Framing MacDonald with Massey and Bernal
In analyzing the contentions of Dr. M. David Litwa regarding the Gospel of Thomas, Pistis Sophia, and the nature of Gnosticism, a profound divergence emerges when applying the criteria of Gerald Massey and Martin Bernal. While Litwa approaches these texts from the perspective of second-to-third-century Egyptian Christianity, Massey and Bernal view them as the surviving “debris” of a ten-thousand-year-old Kamite (Egyptian) astronomical and eschatological system.
I. The Origin and Dating of the Gospel of Thomas
Litwa contends that the Gospel of Thomas is a mid-second-century Egyptian text designed to present a “Gnostic path” through familiar synoptic-style sayings. He notes that scholars have historically avoided calling it “Gnostic” to prevent it from being viewed as marginal.
Response: From the Masseyan perspective, the dating of the “Thomas” traditions to the second century is a primary error of the “Sarkolatræ” or carnalizers of the mythos. Massey argues that the Gospel of Thomas is fundamentally the “Gospel according to Tum” (Atum-Ra), the Egyptian god of the sunset and father of the son Iu-em-hetep. The name “Thomas called Didymus” (the Twin) is a literalized version of the Egyptian Tum, who possessed a twin-totality in his characters of father and son. Furthermore, Bernal points out that Greek religious terms such as sophia (wisdom) are not late Hellenistic inventions but are derived from Egyptian roots like sbȝ (teaching/learning), meaning the “Gnostic” content Litwa identifies in the second century actually reflects a much deeper Afroasiatic strata.
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