The Book of Thomas the Contender
GPTKB entity
Properties (58)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Gnostic text
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| gptkbp:author |
Unknown
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| gptkbp:contains |
Teachings of Jesus
Dialogue_between_Jesus_and_Thomas |
| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
Influence on literature
Influence on film Influence on music Influence on art Influence on philosophy Influence on theology Influence on existentialism Influence on theosophy Influence on humanistic psychology Influence on self-help literature Influence on psychology Influence on hermeneutics Influence on spirituality Influence on metaphysics Influence on interfaith dialogue Influence on religious pluralism Influence on comparative religion Influence on New Age thought Influence on academic studies of religion Influence on alternative religions Influence on biblical criticism Influence on consciousness studies Influence on esotericism Influence on modern mysticism Influence on spiritualism Influence on the New Thought movement Influence on the occult Influence on transpersonal psychology Influence_on_historical_Jesus_studies |
| gptkbp:genre |
Religious literature
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| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
Interpretation
Authenticity Date of composition |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Early_Christianity
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Book of Thomas the Contender
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Modern spiritual movements
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Platonic philosophy
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| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Christian_mysticism
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Coptic
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| gptkbp:locatedIn |
1945
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| gptkbp:maintainedBy |
gptkb:Coptic_language
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
“You are the light of the world.”
“He who seeks should not cease seeking until he finds.” “The one who knows all and is not known is God.” “The Kingdom is within you.” “When you make the two one…” |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Nag_Hammadi_library
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Gnosticism
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| gptkbp:significance |
Alternative_Christian_text
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| gptkbp:theme |
Salvation
Knowledge Self-knowledge |
| gptkbp:translatedInto |
Various scholars
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| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
2nd century
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