TEXTS AND STUDIES

CONTRIBUTIONS TO

BIBLICAL AND PATRISTIC LITERATURE

Patristic: Relating to the "Church Fathers," the influential Christian teachers and writers of the first few centuries after Christ.

EDITED BY

Joseph

J. ARMITAGE ROBINSON, Doctor of Divinity

Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Göttingen; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Halle

Göttingen and Halle are historic university cities in Germany, famous for their rigorous scholarship in the 19th century.

Norrisian Professor of Divinity

The Norrisian Professor is a prestigious senior academic chair at the University of Cambridge, established in the late 18th century.

Bible — New Testament — Apocryphal books. Acts of Thomas
Apocryphal: Ancient religious writings that, while significant to early history, were not included in the final official version of the Bible.

VOLUME 5

No. 3. THE HYMN OF THE SOUL.

CAMBRIDGE

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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