Links to The Acts of the Apostle Thomas
Below are links to sites that have various versions of the the Acts of Thomas.
The home pages of each have other gnostic and ancient texts
.
Click here
for one version of the Acts of Thomas, introduction and translation by M. R. James from
"The Gnostic Society Library"
"The Gnostic Society Library" contains a vast collection of primary documents
relating to the Gnostic tradition as well as a selection of in-depth audio lectures and
brief archive notes designed to orient study of the documents, their sources, and the
religious tradition they represent.
Click here
for the home page of this library.
Within the Acts of Thomas is a very famous poem "The Hymn of the Pearl" ( one translation of the name).
It is "a beautiful and complete statement of a classic Gnostic myth describing the exile and redemption
of the soul". Here is an introduction to the poem and and a translation of
the poem by G. R. S. Mead.
Click here
for a translation in the "New Advent" site. This is apparently an independent Catholic site. Embedded through
out the text of the "Acts"
are links explaining terms and also links to appropriate verses in the bible.
Click here
for an article in Wikipedia, on the Acts of Thomas.
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