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The Book of Thomas the Contender

Codex ISO Edition 022 · Complete Surviving Text

A revelation dialogue centered on self-knowledge, visible and invisible realities, desire, judgment and repose. The incipit names Judas Thomas and Mathaias within the text; Codex ISO distinguishes those textual claims from independent historical fact.

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01 / Historical context

Survives in Coptic as Nag Hammadi Codex II,7, manuscript pages 138–145. This edition follows the public-domain Samuel Zinner translation edited by Mark M. Mattison and retains the surviving lacunae, page markers, source note and closing colophon.

02 / Why it matters

Read the complete surviving NHC II,7 text with its damaged passages, translator’s note and colophon preserved.

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““The nature of light is light.””
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What is The Book of Thomas the Contender?

A revelation dialogue centered on self-knowledge, visible and invisible realities, desire, judgment and repose. The incipit names Judas Thomas and Mathaias within the text; Codex ISO distinguishes those textual claims from independent historical fact.

What survives of The Book of Thomas the Contender?

Survives in Coptic as Nag Hammadi Codex II,7, manuscript pages 138–145. This edition follows the public-domain Samuel Zinner translation edited by Mark M. Mattison and retains the surviving lacunae, page markers, source note and closing colophon.

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