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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures / [edited by Marvin Meyer ; with contributions by Wolf-Peter Funk, Karen L. King, Jean-Pierre Mahé ...[et al.]]

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HarperOne, c2007.

299.932 N147 2007

Jesus Christ -- Gnostic interpretations.

Nag Hammadi codices.

Apocryphal Gospels.

9780061626005 (pbk.)

International ed.

xiii, 844 p. ; 23 cm.

"Based on the work of the Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften, the Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Université Laval, and the Coptic Gnostic Library Project, Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate University."

"The revised and updated translation of sacred gnostic texts complete in one volume"

Introduction by Elaine H. Pagels.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 803-826) and index.

Preface / James M. Robinson -- Introduction / Marvin Meyer, Elaine H. Pagels -- The prayer of the apostle Paul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The secret Book of James / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The Gospel of Truth / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer -- The treatise on resurrection / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer -- The Tripartite Tractate / Einar Thomassen -- The secret Book of John / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer -- The Gospel of Thomas with the Greek Gospel of Thomas / Marvin Meyer -- The Gospel of Philip / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The nature of the rulers / Marvin Meyer -- On the origin of the world / Marvin Meyer -- Exegesis of the soul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The Book of Thomas / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer -- The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer -- Eugnostos the Blessed / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The wisdom of Jesus Christ / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The dialogue of the savior / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The revelation of Paul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The first revelation of James / Wolf-Peter Funk -- The second revelation of James / Wolf-Peter Funk -- The revelation of Adam / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The acts of Peter and the twelve apostles / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- Thunder / Paul-Hubert Poirier, Marvin Meyer -- Authoritative discourse / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- The concept of our great power / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer -- Excerpt from Plato's republic / Marvin Meyer -- The discourse on the eighth and ninth / Jean-Pierre Mahé, Marvin Meyer -- Excerpt from The perfect discourse / Jean-Pierre Mahé, Marvin Meyer -- The paraphrase of Shem / Michel Roberge -- The second discourse of Great Seth / Marvin Meyer -- The revelation of Peter / Marvin Meyer -- The teachings of Silvanus / Birger A. Pearson -- The three steles of Seth / John D. Turner -- Zostrianos / John D. Turner -- The letter of Peter to Philip / Marvin Meyer -- Melchizedek / Birger A. Pearson -- The thought of Norea / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer -- The testimony of truth / Birger A. Pearson -- Marsanes / John D. Turner -- The interpretation of knowledge / Einar Thomassen -- Valentinian exposition with Valentinian liturgical readings / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer -- Allogenes the stranger / John D. Turner -- Hypsiphrone / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer -- The sentences of Sextus / Paul-Hubert Poirier, Marvin Meyer -- Three forms of first thought / John D. Turner -- The Gospel of Mary with the Greek Gospel of Mary / Karen L. King -- The Act of Peter / Marvin Meyer -- The Gospel of Judas / Marvin Meyer -- The Book of Allogenes / Marvin Meyer -- Epilogue : schools of thought in the Nag Hammadi scriptures : Thomas Christianity / Marvin Meyer -- The Sethian School of Gnostic Thought / John D. Turner -- The Valentinian School of Gnostic Thought / Einar Thomassen -- Hermetic religion / Jean-Pierre Mahé -- Table of tractates -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgment -- Index of proper names.

"The year is 1945. At the foot of a cliff along the Nile River, near the city of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian peasant unearhs a large storage jar containing ancient manuscripts. The discovery turns out to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the past century. A treasure of fourth-century texts, the manuscripts are the scriptures of the ancient mystical tradition commonly called Gnosticism, from the Greek gnosis, that is, secret knowledge. It is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Romans religions. The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete and up-to-date, English-language edition of these sacred text, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the recently discovered Gospel of Judas, as well as 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. The compilation of ancient manuscripts that constitute The Nag Hammadi Scriptures is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions."

Marvin Meyer is one of the foremost scholars on early Christianity and texts about Jesus outside the New Testament. He is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. Among his recent books are The Gospel of Judas, The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, The Gospels of Mary, The Gospel of Thomas, and The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. James M. Robinson, consultant for this collection, is widely known for his groundbreaking contribution as the permanent secretary of UNESCO's International Committee for the Nag Hammadi codices, and his many published works on Gnostic texts and the Sayings Gospel Q.

Meyer, Marvin W.

Funk, Wolf-Peter.

Robinson, James M.

Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-

Berliner Arbeitskreis für Koptisch-Gnostische Schriften.

Coptic Gnostic Library Project.

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