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The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. The original in greek, from which this translation is made, will be found printed by cotelerius, in his notes on the constitutions of the apostles, from a ms. The book of thomas the contender, along with a vast collection of material about the thomas tradition. This site includes the entire hammadi library, as well as a large collection of other primary gnostic scriptures and documents. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the gospel of thomas, with the acts of thomas, and the book of thomas the contender. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter robert lipsyte, the recipient of the margaret a. The secret words that the savior spoke to judas thomas which, i, even i, mahaias, wrote down, while. The very interesting thing is that the book contains direct citations of jesus christ in 114 verses. Thomas series odd interlude odd thomas series drummers guide to odd time signatures.
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