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The Coptic Gnostic Library: A Complete Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices ( 5 vol set) ONLY FIRST VOLUME

By James M. Robinson

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2000
ISBN
9004117024, 9789004117020
Open Library ID
OL9084118M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
198 MB (207777928 bytes)
Edition
New edition
Pages
5148\497
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

The texts in this volume literally begin where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. The main sources of information for the Gnostic religion are the Nag Hammadi codices, written in Coptic. These tesxts were unearthed in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. Their discovery is considered equally significant as the the Scrolls themselves, bringing to light a long-hidden wealth of information and insights into early Judaism and the roots of Christianity. Furthermore, these writings 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.

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