The Acts Of Thomas

Author : Harold W. Attridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2010
Category : Acts of Thomas
ISBN : 1598150219

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The Acts of Thomas by Harold W. Attridge Pdf

When modern European missionaries arrived in India in the eighteenth century, they were astonished to discover Christian communities that traced their origins back to Thomas. How and when did Christianity spread eastwards? The earliest answer can be found in the pages of The Acts of Thomas. The Acts of Thomas is one of five surviving apocryphal acts along with Andrew, John, Peter, and Paul that recount the adventures of the apostles as they carried the Christian message to the far reaches of their world. The well-known Hymn of the Pearl, widely regarded as an allegory of the soul on its journey, from God and back to God, is found in its pages. (http://www.amazon.com/Acts-Thomas-Early-Christian-Apocrypha/dp/1598150219)

Author : Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Acts of Thomas
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Acts of Thomas by Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn Pdf

Author : Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9042910704

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The Apocryphal Acts of Thomas by Jan N. Bremmer Pdf

The Apocryphal Acts of Thomas is the first modern collection of studies on the most important aspects of the Acts of Thomas, an early Christian kind of novel, which was originally written either in Greek or Syriac. The volume starts with the memoirs of the Altmeister Fre Klijn regarding his own role in the study of the Acts. He is followed by an analysis of the elusive phenomenon of Thomas Christianity. The major part of the book studies various aspects and passages of the Acts: narrative strategies, the heavenly palace, factors of plot, the famous Hymn of the Pearl, the serpent, women, and the much-debated connection of Thomas with India. As a kind of summary of the results of some of our previous investigations, the penultimate chapter takes a fresh look at the authors, place, time and readership of the major Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. As has become customary, the volume is rounded off by a bibliography and a detailed index.

Author : William Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
ISBN : OXFORD:303976188

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Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles by William Wright Pdf

Author : K. S. Mathew,Joseph Chacko Chennattuserry CMI,Antony Bungalowparambil CMI
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506461373

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St. Thomas and India by K. S. Mathew,Joseph Chacko Chennattuserry CMI,Antony Bungalowparambil CMI Pdf

In St. Thomas and India, renowned scholars trace the historical, religious, and cultural connections link India's Syrian Christian community with St. Thomas the Apostle. They use modern historiographical methods seek to corroborate the ancient tradition that tells of St. Thomas's missionary journey to India in the middle of the first century, in which he established seven churches in some of the major commercial centers of Malabar. From this first churches, Christianity spread throughout the region. St. Thomas in India also examines the legacy of the ancient Christianity on the Syrian community in India today, as well as exploring the various cultural and religious connections between the Syrian church in Indian and other ancient churches in the east.

Author : Darrell L. Bock
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805464658

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Recovering the Real Lost Gospel by Darrell L. Bock Pdf

Darrell L. Bock suggests the real lost gospel is the one already found in the Bible and reminds everyone of what it means: good news. --from publisher description.

Author : Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004129375

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The Acts of Thomas by Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn Pdf

Annotation Klijn (emeritus, U. of Groningen) presents a commentary on the acts of Thomas. He relies on the Syriac text, thought by him to be the original language of the writing, but makes reference to the Greek translation. He seeks to demonstrate that the work belongs to the Eastern Christian tradition rather than that of the Gnostics. Klijn has revised the introduction in response to more recent work on Syriac Christianity, but largely left the commentary the same as in the original 1962 edition. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Susan E. Myers
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161494725

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Spirit Epicleses in the Acts of Thomas by Susan E. Myers Pdf

Susan E. Myers concentrates on two prayers, strikingly similar in style and content, found in the third-century Acts of Thomas. Each prayer is located in the context of Christian initiation and each is addressed to a feminine deity who is asked to "come" to be present in the ritual. The prayers appeal to the feminine Spirit, who is called "Mother," "fellowship of the male," and "dove," among other titles. The author examines these prayers in their historical, literary, and liturgical contexts, challenging some of the prevailing assumptions about Syriac-speaking Christianity in general, and the Acts of Thomas in particular.

Author : George Tyrrell
Publisher : Booklocker.com
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1634900979

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The Book of Thomas the Doubter by George Tyrrell Pdf

THE BOOK OF THOMAS THE DOUBTER: Uncovering the Secret Teachings is a biblical, historical novel based on the Gospel of Thomas and Acts of Thomas uncovered among the ancient Nag Hammadi texts. The book depicts Thomas carrying out Jesus' secret teachings as a disciple and as an apostle in India. In India, there are sites and landmarks commemorating Thomas. Also in India are the Thomas Christians (the Syrian Nasrani), affirming their founder as the disciple Thomas.

Author : Dennis Ronald MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X001855234

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The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals by Dennis Ronald MacDonald Pdf

Author : Klijn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047401902

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The Acts of Thomas by Klijn Pdf

This is the second edition of a book published in 1962. Subsequently, much has been written about Syriac Christianity, which made it necessary to rewrite the original introduction of this book - and many additions have been made to its great number of references.

Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861078

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The Acts of the Apostles by P.D. James Pdf

Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James

Author : Thomas R. Schreiner
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493419821

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Handbook on Acts and Paul's Letters (Handbooks on the New Testament) by Thomas R. Schreiner Pdf

Leading biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner provides an easy-to-navigate resource for studying and understanding the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters. This accessibly written volume summarizes the content of each major section of the biblical text to help readers quickly grasp the sense of particular passages. This is the first volume in the Handbooks on the New Testament series, which is modeled after Baker Academic's successful Old Testament handbook series. Series volumes are neither introductions nor commentaries, as they focus primarily on the content of the biblical books without getting bogged down in historical-critical questions or detailed verse-by-verse exegesis. The series will contain three volumes that span the entirety of the New Testament, with future volumes covering the Gospels and Hebrews through Revelation. Written with classroom utility and pastoral application in mind, these books will appeal to students, pastors, and laypeople alike.

Author : Ishwar Sharan
Publisher : Voice of India
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789385485206

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The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple by Ishwar Sharan Pdf

• Comprehensive study of the St. Thomas in India myth with reference to Christian iconoclasm in South India from the 7th century till today. • Reviews and related material for this book can be accessed on the Acta Indica website at https://ishwarsharan.com/. • The copyright © of this book belongs to Voice of India, 2/18 Ansari Road, New Delhi 110002. The Creative Commons licence for this book is Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND).

Author : G. R. S. Mead
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783849640477

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Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten (Annotated Edition) by G. R. S. Mead Pdf

The writing of the present work has been a congenial task to Mr. Mead, and he has brought to bear lovingly and zealously upon the portraiture of the figure of Christ and of early Christianity, all the knowledge which a deep study of Oriental religions from their emotional side could furnish.The outset that there is very little of what is commonly regarded as the Theosophic method apparent in the work, which is the product of a scholarly though withal very devotional spirit. Mr. Mead's aim has been to enable the reader to obtain a glimpse of a world of which he has never heard at school, and of which no word is ever breathed from the pulpit; to take him away from the pictures which the rationalists and the apologists have presented, and to enable him to obtain an unimpeded view of that wonderful panorama of religious strife which the first two centuries of our era presented. He will here see a religious world of immense activity, a vast upheaval of thought and a strenuousness of religious endeavor to which the history of the Western world gives no parallel. Thousands of schools and communities on every hand, striving and contending, a vast freedom of thought, a mighty effort to live the religious life. Here he finds innumerable points of contact with other' religions; he moves in an atmosphere of freedom of which he has previously had no experience in Christian tradition. Who are all these people—not fishermen and slaves and the poor and destitute, though those are striving too—but these men of learning and ascetic life, saints and sages as much as many others to whom the name has been given with far less reason ?