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| nag hammadi codices: The Nag Hammadi Library in English James McConkey Robinson, 1984 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices Hugo Lundhaug, Lance Jenott, 2015-10-19 Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott offer a sustained argument for the monastic provenance of the Nag Hammadi Codices. They examine the arguments for and against a monastic Sitz im Leben and defend the view that the Codices were produced and read by Christian monks, most likely Pachomians, in the fourth- and fifth-century monasteries of Upper Egypt. Eschewing the modern classification of the Nag Hammadi texts as “Gnostic,” the authors approach the codices and their ancient owners from the perspective of the diverse monastic culture of late antique Egypt and situate them in the context of the ongoing controversies over extra-canonical literature and the theological legacy of Origen. Through a combination of sources, including idealized hagiographies, travelogues, monastic rules and exhortations, and the more quotidian details revealed in documentary papyri, manuscript collections, and archaeology, monasticism in the Thebaid is brought to life, and the Nag Hammadi codices situated within it. The cartonnage papyri from the leather covers of the codices, which bear witness to the monastic culture of the region, are closely examined, while scribal and codicological features of the codices are analyzed and compared with contemporary manuscripts from Egypt. Special attention is given to the codices’ scribal notes and colophons which offer direct evidence of their producers and users. The study ultimately reveals the Nag Hammadi Codices as a collection of books completely at home in the monastic manuscript culture of late antique Egypt.-- |
| nag hammadi codices: The Nag Hammadi Codices and Late Antique Egypt Hugo Lundhaug, Lance Jenott, 2017-05-01 The essays in this volume situate the Nag Hammadi Codices and their texts in the context of late antique Egypt, treating such topics as Coptic readers and readings, the difficulty of dating early Greek and Coptic manuscripts, scribal practices, the importance of heavenly ascent, asceticism, and instruction in Egyptian monastic culture. They also explore the relationship of the texts to the Origenist controversy and Manichaeism, the continuity of mythical traditions in later Coptic literature, and issues relating to the codices' production and burial. The volume thus showcases the new trend in scholarship to treat the Nag Hammadi Codices not as sources for Gnosticism, but instead for Christianity and monasticism in late antique Egypt. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gnostic Gospels Elaine Pagels, 1989-09-19 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • SELECTED BY THE MODERN LIBRARY AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS • The landmark study exploring alternative perspectives of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts that could have shaped the religion differently if included in the Christian canon • [Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves.—Harold Bloom, The Washington Post “[Pagels] writes with the instincts of a novelist, the skill of a scholar, and the ability to sort out significances that many writers lack.”—Chicago Tribune • “An intellectually elegant, concise study . . . The economy with which [Pagels] evokes the world of early Christianity is a marvel.”—The New Yorker The Gnostic Gospels is a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament. In this spellbinding book, renowned religious scholar Elaine Pagels elucidates the mysteries and meanings of these sacred texts both in the world of the first Christians and in the context of Christianity today. With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of “Christianities” emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment—and access to God—within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary—or worthy—expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed—and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices Xi, Xii, Xiii Elaine H. Pagels, Charles W. Hedrick, 1990-01-01 Preliminary Material --Introduction to Codex XI /John D. Turner --NHC XI,I: The Interpretation of Knowledge /Elaine H. Pagels --NHC XI,2: A Valentinian Exposition 22,1-39,39 /John D. Turner --NHC XI,3: Allogenes, 45,1-69,20 /Elaine H. Pagels and John D. Turne --Introduction to Codex XII /Frederik Wisse --NHC XII,1: The Sentences of Sextus /Frederik Wisse --NHC XII,2: The Gospel of Truth /Frederik Wisse --NHC XII,3: Fragments /Frederik Wisse --Introduction To Codex XIII /John D. Turner --NHC XIII,I: Trimorphic Protennoia /John D. Turner --NHC XIII,2: On the Origin of the World /John D. Turner --Nag Hammadi Codices XI, XII, and XIII Indices of Coptic, Greek, and Proper Names /John D. Turner --Ancient Works and Authors --References to Modern Authors. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices. Greek and Coptic Papyri from the Cartonnage of the Covers Barns, Browne, Shelton, 2020-10-26 Preliminary Material /R. McL. Wilson --The Demiurge in the Apocryphon of John /Gilles Quispel --Anapausis in the Epistula Jacobi Apocrypha /Jan Helderman --The Colophon of the Gospel of the Egyptians: Concessus and Macarius of Nag Hammadi /P. Bellet. O.S.B. --Report on the Dialogue of the Savior (CG III, 5) /Elaine Pagels and Helmut Koester --Die Paraphrase als Form gnostischer Verkündigung /Barbara Aland --Un rituel idéal d'intronisation dans trois textes gnostiques de Nag Hammadi /Maddalena Scopello --The Letter of Peter to Philip and the New Testament /G. P. Lutiikhuizen --La Lettre de Pierre à Philippe: sa structure /Jacques É. Ménard --La bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi /Jacques-É. Ménard --Koptisch-gnostische Schriften Volumes 2 and 3 /Hans-Martin Schenke --On Investigating the Hermetic Documents contained in Nag Hammadi Codex VI. /Karl-Wolfgang Tröger --Jacob as an Angel in Gnosticism and Manicheism /Alexander Böhlig --Report on the Coptological Work /Alexander Böhlig --Un double symbole de foi gnostique dans le Kephalaion un de Médînet Mâdi /J. Ries --Egyptian Survivals in the Nag Hammadi Library /Pahor Labib --Literarkritische Probleme der Zephanja-Apokalypse /Bernd Jörg Diebner --Index /R. McL. Wilson. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codex I (the Jung Codex) Harold W. Attridge, 1985 |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codex II, 2-7, together with XIII, 2* Brit. Lib. Or. 4926(1) and P. Oxy. 1, 654, 655 , 2020-11-09 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gnostic Bible Willis Barnstone, Marvin W. Meyer, 2009 This expanded edition of The Gnostic Bible includes the Gospel of Judas'the recently discovered and translated gnostic text that was an instant best seller on its original appearance in 2006-in its most accessible translation yet. Also included are such important and topical texts as the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Thomas. Religious thinkers engaged in the quest for wisdom and knowledge, the gnostics proclaimed that salvation could be found through mystical knowledge and intuition. Dating from the first to the thirteenth centuries, the texts in The Gnostic Bible represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar forms of gnostic spirituality, and they derive from Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, France, and elsewhere. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices III, 2 and IV, 2 Böhlig, Wisse, 2020-10-26 Preliminary Material --Foreword /James M. Robinson --Preface /Alexander Bölig and Frederik Wisse --Table of Tractates /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Sigla /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Abbreviations /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --The Manuscripts /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --The Title /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --The Content /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --The Presentations of Praise /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --The Text and Translation /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Commentary /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Bibliography /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Coptic Words /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Greek Words /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --Proper Names /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib --References /Alexander Bölig , Frederik Wisse , and Pahor Labib. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codex VII Birger Birger Albert Pearson, Frederik Wisse, 1996 This volume, with several contributors, contains the critical edition of Nag Hammadi Codes VII, with introductions, Coptic Text, English translations, and notes for each of the five tractates in the codex. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices James M. Robinson, 1972 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gnostic Discoveries Marvin W. Meyer, 2005-11-08 On the 60th anniversary of the discovery of ancient Gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi, a leading scholar explains the historical significance and continuing influence of these alternative views of Christianity suppressed by the early church. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years Turner, McGuire, 2020-10-26 This volume contains 22 papers originally delivered at the Society of Biblical Literature's 1995 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library. Of these papers, five focus on the theme Past, Present, and Future Research on the Nag Hammadi Codices (J.M. Robinson, S. Emmel, B.A. Pearson, H.-M. Schenke, E.M. Yamauchi); thirteen stem from three seminars respectively devoted to the Apocryphon of John (M. Waldstein, F. Wisse, K.L. King, and S. LaPorta), the Gospel of Thomas and the Thomasine tradition (P.-H. Poirier, P.H. Sellew, J.-M. Sevrin, I. Dunderberg, S.R. Johnson, A. DeConick), and the Gospel of Philip ( E. Pagels, E. Thomassen, M. Turner); and two deal with the Valentinian school (C. Markschies, L. Painchaud & T. Janz). |
| nag hammadi codices: The Coptic Gnostic Library (5 Vols. ) James McConkey Robinson, 2000 The Coptic Gnostic Library continues where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. Our main sources of information for the Gnostic religion are the so-called Nag Hammadi codices, written in Coptic. These were unearthed in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. The texts literally begin where the Dead Sea Scrolls end. Their discovery is considered equally significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves, bringing to light a long-hidden wealth of information and insights into early Judaism and the roots of Christianity. Furthermore, these writings clearly show that the Gnostic religion was not only a force that interacted with early Christianity and Judaism in their formative periods, but also a significant religious movement in its own right. The Coptic Gnostic Library contains all the texts of the Nag Hammadi codices, both in the original Coptic and in translation. Each text has its own introduction, and full indexes are provided. The Coptic Gnostic Library is the starting point for all research into ancient Gnosticism. It is the result of decades of dedicated research by the most distinguished international scholars in this field. The Coptic Gnostic Library is the only authoritative edition of many of the Coptic writings of the Gnostics from the first centuries AD. It was originally published by Brill in fourteen hardback volumes as part of the Nag Hammadi (and Manichaean) Studies series between 1975 and 1995, under the general editorship of James M. Robinson. Now, for the first time, it is available in paperback, at a fraction of the price of the original hardback editions. - Photomechanical paperback reprint of the original 14 hardback volumes - Complete and unabridged: 5 volumes, totaling approximately 5.000 pages - Facing Coptic texts and English translations, Introductions, Notes, and Indexes - Only available as a set |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Texts and the Bible C.A. Evans, Webb, R.A. Wiebe, 2019-07-01 This volume places in synoptic form parallel texts from Nag Hammadi and from the Bible. This will enable scholars of Coptic Gnosticism, as well as scholars concerned with early Christian biblical interpretation, to make the comparisons necessary to determine relationships and what dependence, if any, there may be between these two bodies of material. This volume should facilitate the discussion concerning the origin, antiquity, and relationship of Gnosticism to Christianity. The volume also contains an extensive bibliography of materials relevant to this topic. Finally, a Scripture index will make it possible for the reader to find quickly any desired passage. |
| nag hammadi codices: God's Library Brent Nongbri, 2018-08-21 A provocative book from a highly original scholar, challenging much of what we know about early Christian manuscripts In this bold and groundbreaking book, Brent Nongbri provides an up-to-date introduction to the major collections of early Christian manuscripts and demonstrates that much of what we thought we knew about these books and fragments is mistaken. While biblical scholars have expended much effort in their study of the texts contained within our earliest Christian manuscripts, there has been a surprising lack of interest in thinking about these books as material objects with individual, unique histories. We have too often ignored the ways that the antiquities market obscures our knowledge of the origins of these manuscripts. Through painstaking archival research and detailed studies of our most important collections of early Christian manuscripts, Nongbri vividly shows how the earliest Christian books are more than just carriers of texts or samples of handwriting. They are three-dimensional archaeological artifacts with fascinating stories to tell, if we’re willing to listen. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature Samuel L. Adams, Matthew Goff, 2020-02-17 A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical books, early Christian and rabbinic literature, and beyond. Varied and engaging essays provide fresh insights on topics of timeless relevance, exploring the distinct features of instructional texts and discussing their interpretation in both antiquity and the modern world. Designed for non-specialists, this accessible volume provides readers with balanced coverage of traditional biblical wisdom texts, including Proverbs, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes; lesser-known Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom; and African proverbs. The contributors explore topics ranging from scribes and pedagogy in ancient Israel, to representations of biblical wisdom literature in contemporary cinema. Offering readers a fresh and interesting way to engage with wisdom literature, this book: Discusses sapiential books and traditions in various historical and cultural contexts Offers up-to-date discussion on the study of the biblical wisdom books Features essays on the history of interpretation and theological reception Includes essays covering the antecedents and afterlife of the texts Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series, the Companion to Wisdom Literature is a valuable resource for university, seminary and divinity school students and instructors, scholars and researchers, and general readers with interest in the subject. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices Brill Academic Publishers, 1975-06-01 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Nag Hammadi Scriptures Marvin W. Meyer, James M. Robinson, 2010-09-14 The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the recently discovered Gospel of Judas, as well as other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought. The compilation of ancient manuscripts that constitute The Nag Hammadi Scriptures is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions. |
| nag hammadi codices: Meeting by Accident Julia Miller (Conservator), 2018 Beyond tree calf: bindings decorated by staining -- Not altogether unpleasing: the experiment with canvas bindings -- Wrapped with care: overcovers -- Good enough for Galileo: books made for scholars -- A gift from the desert: a report on the Nag Hammadi codices / co-authored with Pamela Spitzmueller -- A model approach. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices James M. Robinson, 1984 The collection of thirteen codices found in upper Egypt near Nag Hammadi in 1946 is one of the major archaeological discoveries of our time. Apparently the library of a Gnostic community in late antiquity, the codices are a repository of important spiritual materials from throughout the ancient world. Hence a thorough analysis of this new material is indispensable for any proper understanding of the history of religions in this period. The rich documentation which the codices add to early Coptic text material promises to raise to a new precision the historical analysis of that language.|This edition presents collotype reproductions in natural size of all folios of the thirteen codices as well as reproductions of the covers and photographs previously taken of fragments that are now lost. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1 and 4 Parrott, 2020-10-26 Preliminary Material --Foreword /James M. Robinson --Preface /Douglas M. Parrott --Table of Tractates in the Coptic Gnostic Library /Douglas M. Parrott --Abbreviations and Short Titles /Douglas M. Parrott --Textual Signs /Douglas M. Parrott --Introduction /Douglas M. Parrott --Codicological Analysis of Nag Hammadi Codices V and VI and Papyrus Berolinensis 8502 /James M. Robinson --NHC V,2: The Apocalypse of Paul /William R. Murdock and George W. MacRae --NHC V,3: The (First) Apocalypse of James /William R. Schoedel --NHC V,4: The (Second) Apocalypse of James /Charles W. Hedrick --NHC V,5: The Apocalypse of Adam /George W. MacRae --NHC VI,1: The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles /R. McL. Wilson and Douglas M. Parrott --NHC VI,2: The Thunder: Perfect Mind /George W. MacRae --NHC VI,3: Authoritative Teaching /George W. MacRae --NHC VI,4: The Concept of Our Great Power /Frederik Wisse and Francis E. Williams --NHC VI,5: Plato, Republic 588b-589b /James Brashler --NHC VI,6: The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth /Peter A. Dirkse , James Brashler , and Douglas M. Parrott --NHC VI,7: The Prayer of Thanksgiving /Peter A. Dirkse and James Brashler --NHC VI,7a: Scribal Note /Douglas M. Parrott --NHC VI,8: Asclepius 21-29 /Peter A. Dirkse and Douglas M. Parrott --BG,1: The Gospel of Mary /R. McL. Wilson and George W. MacRae --BG,4: The Act of Peter /James Brashler and Douglas M. Parrott --Word Indices /Douglas M. Parrott --References to Ancient Works and Authors /Douglas M. Parrott. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gospel of Mary Esther De Boer, 2005-06-20 The success of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has raised new interest in Mary Magdalene and in the Gospel of Mary. Here, the author examines Mary Magdalene's influence on the beginnings of Christianity and asks what was her impact and her message? And furthermore, what became of her and her ideas? Esther de Boer studies the Gospel of Mary (the only Gospel to be named after a woman) to discover what it reveals about Mary Magdalene and to determine the origin of its portrayal. She argues that the Gospel of Mary is not a Gnostic writing but is more closely related to the writings of Philo, the letters of Paul and the Gospel of John. She demonstrates that esteem of Mary Magdalene did not just belong to the Gnostic tradition but to a broader Christian context. In order to determine this context, the study identifies the different portrayals of Mary Magdalene in the New Testament, analyses their concepts of discipleship and their views on women, and investigates their historical 'reality'. Esther de Boer concludes that the portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Mary is close to that in the Gospel of John, and investigates the possibility that she is concealed in the Johannine disciple loved by Jesus. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Apocryphon of John Michael Waldstein, Frederik Wisse, 1995 This synopsis of the Apocryphon of John presents the four Coptic text (NHC II,1; III,1 and IV,1; with BG 8502) in parallel columns with English translations in similar arrangement beneath the Coptic text. Important parallel texts are included in an appendix. The volume also contains a research bibliography on the Apocryphon of John and an index of Coptic and Greek words. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices, Volume 4 Codex III Department of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt, United Nations Educational Scientific, Cultural Organization, 1976-06 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter Henriette W. Havelaar, 2012-10-25 No detailed description available for The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter. |
| nag hammadi codices: Introduction to "Gnosticism" Nicola Denzey Lewis, 2013-02-14 Introduction to Gnosticism: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds is the first textbook on Gnosticism, guiding students through the most significant of the Nag Hammadi texts, grouping them by theme and genre, and revealing to the uninitiated their most inscrutable mysteries. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices IX and X Birger Pearson, 2020-10-26 Preliminary Material --Foreword /James M. Robinson --Preface /Birger A. Pearson --Table of Tractates in the Coptic Gnostic Library /Birger A. Pearson --Abbreviations and Short Titles /Birger A. Pearson --Sigla /Birger A. Pearson --Astrological Signs /Birger A. Pearson --Introduction to Codex IX /Birger A. Pearson --Introduction to IX, 1: Melchizedek /Birger A. Pearson and Søren Giversen --Introduction to IX, 2: The Thought of Norea /Birger A. Pearson and Søren Giversen --Introduction to IX, 3: The Testimony of Truth /Birger A. Pearson and Søren Giversen --Codex IX: Fragments /Birger A. Pearson --Introduction to Codex X /Birger A. Pearson --Introduction to X, 1: Marsanes /Birger A. Pearson --Codex X: Fragments /Birger A. Pearson --Indices /Birger A. Pearson --References to Ancient Works /Birger A. Pearson --References to Modern Authors /Birger A. Pearson. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi codex II, 2 - 7. 1. Gospel according to Thomas, gospel according to Philip, hypostasis of the archons, and indexes Bentley Layton, 1989 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices , 1972 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gospel of Judas, Second Edition Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, Francois Gaudard, 2008-06-17 For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed–a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, history’s ultimate traitor. And far from being a villain, the Judas that emerges in its pages is a hero. In this radical reinterpretation, Jesus asks Judas to betray him. In contrast to the New Testament Gospels, Judas Iscariot is presented as a role model for all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus and is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus. Discovered by farmers in the 1970s in Middle Egypt, the codex containing the gospel was bought and sold by antiquities traders, secreted away, and carried across three continents, all the while suffering damage that reduced much of it to fragments. In 2001, it finally found its way into the hands of a team of experts who would painstakingly reassemble and restore it. The Gospel of Judas has been translated from its original Coptic to clear prose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating history in the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understanding the message of Jesus Christ. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers Paul Linjamaa, 2024-01-11 Paul Linjamaa's study explores the way in which fourth century Egyptian monks produced, read and studied the Nag Hammadi Codices. |
| nag hammadi codices: The Gnostic Scriptures Bentley Layton, 1995 Ancient wisdom for the new age in gnostic scriptures which have been newly translated with annotations and commentary. |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices, XI, XII, XIII , 1988 |
| nag hammadi codices: The Temple in Antiquity Truman G. Madsen, 1984 |
| nag hammadi codices: Nag Hammadi Codices III, 3-4 and V,1 with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502,3 and Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1081: Eugnostos and the Sophia of Jesus Christ Parrott, 2020-10-26 Eugnostos and The Sophia of Jesus Christ (SJC) are two closely related tractates from the Nag Hammadi Coptic Gnostic Library and Papyrus Berolinensis 8502 (only SJC). Here they are presented parallel with each other because they are literarily related, i.e. most of Eugnostos is also found in SJC. Eugnostos is printed in its two Coptic copies (too close to be versions), plus the fragmentary remains of a Greek copy (all with translations). This the first publication of the edited text of Eugnostos from Nag Hammadi Codex V and the first time that all these texts have been presented in one volume. Eugnostos is a non-Christian speculative cosmogony that begins with the primal invisible One, moves on to the structuring of the invisible and visible aeons and concludes at the point where the creation of this world would occur. SJC is a revelation discourse of Christ with his disciples which makes use of the bulk of Eugnostos, and adds new emphases: e.g. the special role of Christ as revealer and savior, the imprisonment of the divine element in flesh, opposition in sexual intercourse, and the commissioning of the disciples. While Eugnostos lacks essential elements of the gnostic world-view, SJC is unquestionably gnostic. If one assumes the priority of Eugnostos, these tractates provide the clearest textual evidence available of a non-gnostic and non-Christian speculative system being transformed into a system that is both gnostic and Christian. An introduction, textual notes and indices are included. |
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