• The Hymn of the Pearl (also Hymn of the Soul, Hymn of the Robe of Glory or Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas...
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  • Hymn of the Pearl or Hymn on the Pearl may refer to: Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas, believed to be composed by the Syriac...
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  • Hymn o Perle is a poetry collection in Polish by Czesław Miłosz which means "Hymn of the Pearl". It was first published in 1982. The title may refer to...
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  • directly from, the 1678 Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, the Acts of Thomas passage "Hymn of the Pearl", and Suhrawardi's A Tale of the Western Exile...
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    spotless pearls. The metaphor of a pearl appears in the longer Hymn of the Pearl, a poem respected for its high literary quality, and use of layered theological...
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  • from Franz Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks and Czesław Miłosz's Hymn of the Pearl and Unattainable Earth. Both extracts are read by the British actress...
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  • compositions of Bardesanes himself, or at any rate are productions of his school. In the Syriac text of the Acts, we find the Hymn of the Pearl, where the soul...
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  • of Thomas (Especially Hymn of the Pearl or The Hymn of the Robe of Glory) The Acts of John (Especially The Hymn of Jesus) The Bruce Codex (purchased...
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    Embedded in the Acts of Thomas at different places according to differing manuscript traditions is a Syriac hymn, The Hymn of the Pearl, (or Hymn of the Soul)...
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    to the Thomasine Traditions are: The Hymn of the Pearl, or, the Hymn of Jude Thomas the Apostle in the Country of Indians The Gospel of Thomas The Infancy...
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    the Parable of the Pearl in the New Testament. The Hymn of the Pearl is a passage found in the apocryphon Acts of Thomas. The gates to Heaven are also commonly...
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    originally the protagonist of the pearl merchant story, based on similarities to the Hymn of the Pearl. It also allows Czachesz to identify Syria as the origin...
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  • the Hymn of the Pearl (or "Hymn on the Soul"); the "Espousals of Wisdom"; the consecratory prayer at Baptism and at Holy Communion. Of these only the...
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    of Thomas, but the Acts of Thomas contains the Hymn of the Pearl whose content is reflected in the Psalms of Thomas found in Manichaean literature. These...
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  • of the standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pearl of Great Price (album), 1991 album by industrial music band Will Hymn of...
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    Czesław Miłosz (category Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
    wschodzi i kedy zapada (Where the Sun Rises and Where it Sets); Paris: Instytut Literacki 1982: Hymn o Perle (Hymn of the Pearl); Paris: Instytut Literacki...
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  • Canterbury Tales such as The Franklin's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale and The Merchant's Tale The Hymn of the Pearl Cinderella Tales from One Thousand and One...
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    The Parable of the Pearl (also called the Pearl of Great Price) is one of the parables of Jesus Christ. It appears in Matthew 13 and illustrates the great...
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  • Middle Persian literature (category History of literature)
    many reprints of Pahlavi books and manuscripts. Kassock also writes guides for students learning Pahlavi for select books. "Hymn of the Pearl" Middle Persian...
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  • 20 psalms in total. The themes and content of the psalms bear a considerable resemblance to the Hymn of the Pearl from the Acts of Thomas. Considerable...
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    triumphant. The 'Hymn of the Pearl' included the belief that the material world corresponds to some sort of malevolent intoxication brought about by the powers...
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    1-9. The Hymn of the Pearl in the apocryphal Acts of Thomas. Scholem 1991, p. 257. Scholem 1991, p. 255. For the passage in the Secret of Creation, see...
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    Possibility of Understanding History." "The Gnostic Syndrome: Typology of Its Thought, Imagination, and Mood." "The Hymn of the Pearl: Case Study of a Symbol...
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    at the age of 15. Her brother Bill Bailey was beginning his own career as a tap dancer and suggested that she enter an amateur contest at the Pearl Theatre...
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    Poemandres Gospel of Marcion Pistis Sophia Thomas Taylor Hermetica Acts of John Mandaeanism Marcionism Mohini Mohun Chatterji Hymn of the Pearl Gilbert, R.A...
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    oriente" (Daughter of the orient (eastern) sun) in the original Spanish version became "child of the sun returning" in the Philippine Hymn and "perlas ng...
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  • and seals the abodes of the rulers of darkness. Some versions of this account have parallels with the Hymn of the Pearl included in the Acts of Thomas....
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    the Saints" was written as a processional hymn by William Walsham How, who would later become the Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England. The hymn...
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  • contained in the Syriac acts of St. Thomas (1897). Also known as the Hymn of the Pearl, sometimes attributed to Bardaisan. Re-edited with an English translation...
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    The Pearl: A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading was a pornographic monthly magazine issued in London during the mid-Victorian period by William...
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