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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (or Paidika) is one of the most unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of revealing the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical Gospels, it confronts its readers with a very different Jesus – a child who sometimes acts like a holy terror, killing and harming others for trifling faults. So why is Jesus portrayed as acting in such an 'unchristian' fashion? To address this question, Cousland focuses on three interconnected representations of Jesus in the Paidika: Jesus as holy terror, as child, and as miracle-working saviour. Cousland endeavours to show that, despite the differing character of these three roles, they present a unified picture. Jesus' unusual behaviour arises from his 'growing pains' as a developing child, who is at the same time both human and divine. Cousland's volume is the first detailed examination of the Christology of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and provides a fresh and engaging approach to a topic not often discussed in representations of Jesus.

Gospel of Thomas (Infancy Gospel) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 229*411 --- 229*411 Evangelie van Thomas. Koptisch evangelie van Thomas --- Evangelie van Thomas. Koptisch evangelie van Thomas --- Berne-evangeelje fan Tomas --- Bible. --- De infantia Iesu evangelium Thomae --- Ebanghelyo sa Pagkasanggol ni Hesus ni Tomas --- Évangile de l'enfance selon Thomas --- Évangile de Thomas l'Israélite --- Évangile du pseudo-Thomas --- Evangelho Pseudo-Tomé --- Evangelio de la infancia de Tomás --- Evangelio de la infanaĝo laŭ Tomaso --- Ewangelia Dzieciństwa Tomasza --- Infancy Gospel of Thomas --- Infancy Story of Thomas --- Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas --- Kindheidsevangelie van Thomas --- Kindheitsevangelium nach Thomas --- Protevangelium Thomae --- Thomas barndomsevangelium --- Thomas Gospel of the Infancy --- Thomas's Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ --- Tomas' barneevangelium --- Tomášovo evanjelium o detstve --- Tomášovo evangelium dětstvi --- Tomo vaikystės Evangelija --- Tuomaan lapsuusevankeliumi --- Vangelo dell'infanzia di Tommaso --- Vangelo dello pseudo-Tommaso --- Yevangeliye detstva ot Fomy --- Евангелие детства от Фомы