The Gospel of Thomas

The Gospel of Thomas: The Childhood of Christ, describes the doings of Jesus in his boyhood. Jesus proves to be an infant prodigy at school, instructing his teachers in the unsuspected mysteries of the alphabet; he astounds his family and playmates by the miracles which he performs. It tells for the first time the familiar tale of the twelve sparrows which Jesus, at the age of five, fashioned from clay on the sabbath day. The text also recounts the episode in Luke in which Jesus, aged twelve, teaches in the temple. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is a work attributed to "Thomas the Israelite", the Philosopher.