The Gnostic discoveries : the impact of the Nag Hammadi library /

The Gnostic discoveries : the impact of the Nag Hammadi library /

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Main Author: Meyer, Marvin W. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: [San Francisco] : Harper San Francisco, c2005.

Edition: 1st ed.

Subjects:

Nag Hammadi codices.
Gnosticism.

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Call Number: BT1391 .M49 2005

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fertilizer, blood vengeance, and codices : the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library 2. Coptic texts from the sands of Egypt : the Nag Hammadi library and Berlin gnostic codex 3. "They will not taste death" : the wisdom of the living Jesus in the gospel of Thomas and Thomas texts 4. The wisdom of insight : the fall and restoration of Sophia in the secret book of John and Sethian texts 5. Valentinus the Christian mystic : salvation through knowledge in the gospel of truth and Valentinian texts 6. Hermes, Derdekeas, Thunder, and Mary : revealers of wisdom in other Nag Hammadi texts Epilogue : discoveries after the Nag Hammadi library App. The texts of the Nag Hammadi library and the Berlin gnostic codex.