Download or read book The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas written by Willis Barnstone and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-10-12 with total page 1505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation and restructuring of the New Testament by the author of The Gnostic Bible is based on the Greek volume and draws on Semitic sources to restore its faithful, plain, and lyrical narratives, in a volume that also seeks to identify the Greco-Jewish identity of key biblical figures.