The Gospel of Thomas revealed the secret teachings Jesus gave to his doubting disciple. The ancient historian Eusebius spoke of Thomas’ travels into the mysteries of occult lands. The Acts of Thomas told of his mission among the Hindus and Buddhists of India (and there are commemorative sites and Thomas Christians in India to prove it). What effects would Jesus’ most intimate teachings have on the disciple Thomas? And how would this skeptical Jew have responded to the occult religions in strange lands? Thomas’ secret teachings and mysterious travels are now brought vividly alive in the apocryphal story: The Book of Thomas the Doubter: Uncovering the Hidden Teachings.
For a novel, it goes to great lengths to footnote its bona fides.
“this skeptical Jew”
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
This, folks, is where I started laughing uncontrollably. This blurb has rendered me insane. It’s like the author is pointing their shriveled-up finger at Thomas, muttering “uggggggh this skeptical Jeeeeeeew”. I dunno… intentional or not, it sounds so freaking ridiculous BECAUSE of the blurb itself.
I’d call this a “wrong genre” blurb. It wouldn’t be great for a non-fiction study of Thomas, but it definitely doesn’t work form something that’s allegedly a novel.