[maryz]

Here is a link to the post of the article that appeared in yesterday's Boston Herald, based on the Times piece; the Times piece itself is posted at #40; the BBC report is at #44.

New Testament translation: Thou shalt have sex

There are other changes besides the translation:

Perhaps the most controversial departure from all other translations is a return to the selection of books which were held in the highest esteem by the early Church in the first two centuries. So, for instance, Revelation is out, the Gospel of Thomas is in.

Review of As Good as New: A Radical Retelling of the Scripture; includes endorsements by, among others, Rowan.

[george wythe]

So, for instance, Revelation is out, the Gospel of Thomas is in.

Interesting to see which other books are in.

[wideawake]

Good catch.

And of course, the fake "Gospel of Thomas" was not current in the Church during the first two centuries.

That's a very recently coined myth.

"The Shepherd of Hermas" and the "Protoevangelion of James" were much more widely read and cherished by Christians of those times than the "Gospel of Thomas" - but those books are harder to twist into leftism.