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The Book of Thomas the Contender

Book of Thomas the Contender (NHC II,7)

Cristo Pantocrátor del Sinaí
byJesus of Nazareth

A dialogue between Jesus and Judas Thomas, his "twin brother", on self-knowledge and the struggle against the passions of the body, ending in a series of woes and blessings. It belongs to the Syrian Thomas tradition and has a strongly ascetic tone.

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Editions and translations · 2

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Authorship note

Attributed to Matthew, who supposedly recorded the conversation; preserved in Coptic in Nag Hammadi Codex II, next to the Gospel of Thomas. It is dated to around the third century.

Editions and translations

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English

  • The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition

    HarperOne, 2007

    Translation: Marvin Meyer (ed.) y otros

    ISBN 9780060523787

Español

  • Textos gnósticos. Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi

    Trotta, 1997

    Translation: Antonio Piñero, José Montserrat Torrents y Francisco García Bazán (eds.)

    Tres volúmenes (1997–2000).

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Sources

  • Meyer, Marvin (ed.). The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition. HarperOne, Nueva York, 2007. ISBN 9780060523787.

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