Das Menschenbild des Thomasevangeliums

Enno Edzard Popkes investigates the anthropological traits of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas, especially its comprehension of individuality and sociality, the term monachos and the motif of the image character of human existence. The analysis shows that this writing can be understood as a Gnostic work, in terms of content as well as the technique of its argument and composition. It is not merely an »early Gnostic« writing with only first signs of concepts, which were expanded in later Gnostic traditions. The Coptic Gospel of Thomas presupposes an already fully developed Gnostic anthropology.