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1.2 Complete list of codices found in Nag Hammadi. 1.3 Mandaean texts. 1.4 Other. 1.5 Quoted or alluded. 2 Manuscripts. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In ...
The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the Chenoboskion Manuscripts and the Gnostic Gospels [a]) is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Muhammed al-Samman. [1]
Nag Hammadi Codex II (designated by siglum CG II) is a papyrus codex with a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts in Coptic (Sahidic dialect). [1] The manuscript has survived in nearly perfect condition. The codex is dated to the 4th century. It is the only complete manuscript from antiquity with the text of the Gospel of Thomas. [2]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... It is the fifth tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library. [2]
Nag Hammadi and Gnosis: Papers Read at the First International Congress of Coptology (Cairo, December 1976) R. McL. Wilson: ISBN 978-90-04-05760-9: 15: 1981: Nag Hammadi: Nag Hammadi Codices IX and X: Birger Pearson: ISBN 978-90-04-06377-8: 16: 1981: Nag Hammadi: Nag Hammadi Codices. Greek and Coptic Papyri from the Cartonnage of the Covers
It was buried with the other Nag Hammadi codices, where it lay until the day of its discovery in 1945. [10] On June 8, 1952 the Coptic Museum received the codex. The text of the codex was edited by Gesine Schenke. [11] It was examined and described by James J. Robinson in 1979. [12]
The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, also known as the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians, [1] [2] is a Sethian Gnostic text found in Codices III and IV of the Nag Hammadi library. The text describes the origin of three powers: the Father, the Mother, and the Son, who came forth from the great invisible Spirit.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Template:Nag Hammadi Codices; O. On the Origin of the World; P. Paraphrase of Shem;