Acts of Thomas
The Acts of Thomas details the travels of the apostle Thomas to India and his efforts there to convert people. The text is generally arranged in 13 "acts".
- HMML ID
- 120088911998
- PURL
- LC access point
- Acts of Thomas
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Acts of Judas Thomas
- Bible. N.T. Apocryphal books. Acts of Thomas
- De miraculis sancti Thomae apostoli
- History of the apostle Thomas
- Passio sancti Thomae apostoli
- Thomasakten
- ܦܪ̈ܟܣܝܣ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ
Work information
- Title
- Acts of Thomas
- Centuries
- 3rd century CE
- Original languages
- Genres
Versions
- Expression
- Acts of Thomas. Syriac
- Language
- Syriac
- Title
- Acts of Thomas
- HMML native script
- ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ ܫܠܝܚܐ
- Alternate titles
- Tašʻítā d-mār tʼomā šlíḥā
- Incipit
- ܟܕ ܗܟܝܠ ܗܘܘ ܫܠܝܚ̈ܐ ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܦܠܓܬ ܗܘܘ ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܒܢܝܗܘܢ
General notes
- Citations
- "Acts of Judas Thomas - ܦܪ̈ܟܣܝܣ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ," Syriaca, accessed August 3, 2022, https://syriaca.org/work/8812.
- Citations
- ACK 00213, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed August 3, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/504408.
- Description
- "Composed in Syriac probably in the 3rd cent. (provenance unknown, though traditionally placed at Edessa), the Acts of Thomas is one of the most important of the various apocryphal texts associated with Thomas"
- Citations
- Jeff W. Childers, "Thomas, Acts of," Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, electronic ed., accessed August 3, 2022, https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Thomas-Acts-of.
Preferred citation
"Acts of Thomas." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 03, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/work/120088911998
Change notes
- Date added
- 2022-08-03
- Last edited
- 2022-08-03
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