Thomas the Apostle (text) - ܬܐܘܡܐ
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“ܘܡܪܟܢ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܪܫܗ ܡܙܕܝ ܡܠܟܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܨܝܦܘܪ ܩܫܝܫܐ: ܘܡܦܝܣ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܘܒܥܿܐ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܚ̈ܐ: ܕܢܨܠܘܢ ܥܠܘܗܝ: ܕܢܬܚܢܢ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ: ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ. ܐܡܝܢ... ܘܟܠ ܕܡܫܬܘܬܦ ܒܕܘܟܪܢܗ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܗܢܐ: ܐܢ ܒܣܓܝ ܘܐܢ ܒܙܥܘܪ: ܢܥܒܕ ܠܗ ܡܪܢ ܡܢܬܐ ܥܡܗ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ: ܘܢܬܒܣܡ ܒܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܥܬܝܕܢ ܘܠܐ ܥܒܪ̈ܢ. ܕܠܐܒܐ... ܐܡܝܢ”1
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“Et le roi inclina sa tête sous la main du prêtre Sîfour, et il suppliait et demandait à tous les frères de prier pour lui, pour qu’il obtienne miséricorde avec eux devant notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ dans son royaume pour les siècles des siècles. Amen. Et quiconque participe à la commémoration de ce saint, soit beaucoup soit peu, que le Seigneur lui fasse une part avec lui dans le royaume du ciel, et qu’il jouisse des biens à venir qui ne passent pas. Au Père… Amen.”1
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Editions
Paulus Bedjan, Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890-1897), vol: 3, : p. 3-175.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
William Wright, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Edited from Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum and Other Libraries (London: Williams and Norgate, 1871)., vol: 1, : p. 172-333.
(Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Taeke Jansma, A Selection from the Acts of Judas Thomas, Semitic Study Series 1 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1952), : Leiden, 1952, p. 3-46 (syr.).
(Edition from manuscript witness 14. See below.)
Johann Georg Ernst Hoffmann, "Zwei Hymnen der Thomasakten." Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft vol. 4 (1903)., : 4 (1903), p. 273-283.
(Edition from manuscript witness 15. See below.)
Klaus Beyer, "Das syrische Perlenlied Ein Erlösungsmythos als Märchengedicht." Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vol. 140 (1990)., : 140 (1990), p. 242-250.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 16. See below.)
Agnes Smith Lewis, Acta Mythologica Apostolorum, Transcribed from an Arabic Ms. in the Convent of Deyr-es-Suriani, Egypt, and from Mss. in the Convent of St Catherine, on Mount Sinai, with Two Legends from a Vatican Ms by Prof. Ignazio Guidi, and an Appendix of Syriac Palimpsest Fragments of the Acts of Judas Thomas from Cod. Sin. Syr. 30, Horae Semiticae 3 (London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904), : Londres, 1904, p. 192-228.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 6. See below.)
Erwin Preuschen, Zwei gnostische Hymnen (Giessen: J. Ricker (A. Töpelmann), 1904)., : Gieszen, 1904, p. 11-27.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 17. See below.)
Joseph Halévy, "Cantique syriaque sur saint Thomas." Revue sémitique d'épigraphie et d'histoire ancienne vol. 16 (1908)., : 16 (1908), p. 85-92.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 18. See below.)
Anthony Ashley Bevan, The Hymn of the Soul, Contained in the Syriac Acts of St Thomas, Texts and Studies: Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature 5.3 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897), : Cambridge, 1897, p. 11-30.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 9. See below.)
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collation du ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr. 75 (Sachau 222), f. 2v-52
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ms Londres, British Library, Add. 14645, f. 1v-49v
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ms Sinai, Monastère Sainte-Catherine, Syr. 30 (Kamil 74), f. 153-168v
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ms Londres, British Library, Add. 14645, f. 30v-32
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ms Alqosh, Église paroissiale chaldéenne, cod. 87 ?
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 622, f. 1-39
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 626, f. 1-50
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 628 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 214 Vosté), cah. 1 p. 1 - cah. 8 p. 7
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ms Vatican, Syr. 597, f. 1-8v (fgt)
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ms Cambridge, University Library, Add. 2822
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ms Diyarbakir, Archevêché chaldéen, cod. 97
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ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 524, f. 1r-v (fgt)
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ms Bagdad, Patriarcat chaldéen catholique, = olim Mossoul, Patriarcat chaldéen, cod. 86
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 3 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 4 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 5 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 7 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 8 are undetermined.
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