Valentinian Exposition The Three Steles of Seth The Tripartite Tractate Eugnostos the Blessed Gospel of Truth The Treatise on the Resurrection Soul, the relationship of the soul to the world: The Themes, such as the nature of reality, the nature of the Observations and commentaries on diverse Gnostic (For an in-depth discussion of these, see the Archive Including Gnostic alternative versions of creation and salvation: The Apocryphon of John Writings of creative and redemptive mythology, When analyzed according to subject matter, there are roughly six separate majorĬategories of writings collected in the Nag Hammadi codices: If you would like to see the ancient manuscripts themselves, digital images of the original Nag Hammadi Codices are available online at the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.Īn Overview of the Nag Hammadi Scriptures Due to his importance, we have a large section of the library dedicated specifically to Valentinus Many scriptures in the Nag Hammadi collection were influence by Valentinus (c. Section of the The Gnostic Society Library. Recovery of the Nag Hammadi Library, including texts like the Gospel of Mary – are cataloged in the Classical Gnostic Scriptures Other important primary Gnostic texts – ancient writings discovered in the century before the Marvin Meyer's introduction to The Gnostic Bible. In preview, we provide an excerpt from Dr. We also highly recommend The Gnostic Bible, edited by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer this comprehensive volume includes excellent introductory material and provides beautiful translations for the most important Nag Hammadi scriptures. The International Edition of The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (published in 2007, edited by Marvin Meyer) provides authoritative translations for all of the Nag Hammadi texts, along with introductions and notes on the translations. Copyright information is given with the various translations in the library contributors to this collection retain all copyright to their works. We are particular indebted to the assistance and contributions of Dr. Several prominent scholars have granted us permission to present their original translations of Nag Hammadi texts here in the Gnostic Society Library. Many of these translations are based on the work originally sponsored by the Coptic Gnostic Library Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, California. Several introductory lectures on the Nag Hammadi materials are provided, below.įor many of the major writings in the Nag Hammadi collection more than one translation is provided in our library where multiple translations are madeĪvailable, we have listed the translators' names in parenthesis below the Resources dealing with two particularly important texts, the Gospel of Thomas, and The Secret Book (Apocryphon) of John. Texts for keywords or phrases using our custom Nag Hammadi Search function. Texts discovered at Nag Hammadi are available in the Gnostic Society Library the collection is indexed in alphabetical order,Ī subject categorized list of the writings is also given below. Gnostic Society Library Bookstore provides a selection of the foremost books on the Nag Hammadi library and Gnostic tradition. For another brief general overview, we offer an Introduction to Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Then, for an overview of the Gnostic scriptures and a discussion of ancient Gnosis, read this excerpt from Dr. First, read an excerpt from Elaine Pagels'Įxcellent popular introduction to the Nag Hammadi texts, The Gnostic Gospels. Re-evaluation of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism.įor an introduction to the Nag Hammadi discovery and the texts in this ancient library, we offer several resources. Library, initially completed in the 1970's, has provided impetus to a major The discovery and translation of the Nag Hammadi Scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Primary "Gnostic Gospels" – texts once thought to have been entirelyĭestroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" – This immensely important discovery includes a large number of The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteenĪncient books (called "codices") containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt Of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduateīookstore for a complete selection of translations and books about theĪbout the Nag Hammadi Library (The Nag Hammadi Scriptures) (Above image of the Gospel of Thomas courtesy
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