The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Definitive International Edition (Hardback)
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|Short Description for The Nag Hammadi Scriptures A collection of the gnostic writings translated and annotated by a team of scholars. This one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945 includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts.
Full description- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
- Published: 01 June 2007
- Format: Hardback 864 pages
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- Categories: History Of Religion | Biblical Studies & Exegesis | Gnosticism
- ISBN 13: 9780060523787 ISBN 10: 0060523786
- Sales rank: 639,508
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Full description for The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
This is the definitive collection of the gnostic writings translated and annotated by an international team of leading scholars. This is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century 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 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.
