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  1. Nag Hammadi library - Wikipedia

    • The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the Chenoboskion Manuscripts and the Gnostic Gospels ) is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Muhammed al-Samman. The writings in these co… See more

    Discovery

    Scholars first became aware of the Nag Hammadi library in 1946. Making careful inquiries from 1947–1950, Jean … See more

    Translation

    The first edition of a text found at Nag Hammadi was from the Jung Codex, a partial translation of which appeared in Cairo in 1956, and a single extensive facsimile edition was planned. Due to the difficult polit… See more

    List of codices and tractates

    The following table contains a list of codices and tractates in the Nag Hammadi library as given by Aleksandr Leonovich Khosroev [ru]. Abbreviations are from The Coptic Gnostic Library.
    The so-call… See more

    Dating

    Although the manuscripts discovered at Nag Hammadi are generally dated to the 4th century, there is some debate regarding the original composition of the texts.
    1. The Gospel of Thomas is held by most to be the earli… See more

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