India and the Apostle Thomas : an inquiry, with a critical analysis of the Acta Thomae

A careful and critical examination of the Thomas traditions written with both believers and skeptics in mind, India and the Apostle Thomas by A. E. Medlycott offers readers an extensive overview of the ancient literary materials pertaining to the Apostle's mission to India. First published in 1905, this work returns in a Gorgias Press reprint edition, making Medlycott's work widely available to a new generation of students, scholars, and other interested readers. PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I. THE APOSTLE THOMAS AND GONDOPHARES THE INDIAN KING—CONNECTION PROVED FROM COINS AND INSCRIPTION CHAPTER II. THOMAS, THE APOSTLE OF INDIA CHAPTER III. SAINT THOMAS'S TOMB IN INDIA CHAPTER IV. FURTHER HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL RECORDS OF THE APOSTLE CHAPTER V. THE ALLEGED APOSTLES OF INDIA CHAPTER VI. DID THOMAS, A DISCIPLE OF MANES, GO TO INDIA ? APPENDIX. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ACTS OF THOMAS THE APOSTLE INDEX

Did St. Thomas visit India or is the story a legend? Medlycott provides the answer using archeological and patristic sources.