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Nico CoetzeeThe Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have be
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Clay BurellIt's hard to overstate the importance of the Nag Hammadi Library for an understanding of the many interpretations of Jesus and Christianity before the Roman Catholic Church--and Imperial Roman police--violently destroyed them. Many of these original Chri
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Daniel RourkeThe Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have be
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It's hard to overstate the importance of the Nag Hammadi Library for an understanding of the many interpretations of Jesus and Christianity before the Roman Catholic Church--and Imperial Roman police--violently destroyed them. Many of these original Christian texts bear more resemblance to Buddhism than to contemporary Christian belief.
This website has translations of the early Christian texts that were buried in the 4th Century CE to preserve them from the destruction of the first great book-burning in European history. Essential for religious studies, European history, and informed religious discourse today.
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The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen
ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt
in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of
primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have been entirely
destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" --
scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the
Gospel of Truth.
The discovery and translation of the Nag Hammadi
library, completed in the 1970's, has provided impetus to a major
re-evaluation of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism.
Readers unfamiliar with this history may wish to review the brief
Introduction to Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi
Library provided here, as well as an excerpt from Elaine Pagels'
excellent popular introduction to the Nag Hammadi texts,
The Gnostic Gospels.
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