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PublisherInner Traditions International, The Limited

ISBN-10159477045X

ISBN-139781594770456

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Edition4

Book TitleDiscovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts : A Firsthand Account of the Expedition That Shook the Foundations of Christianity

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMysticism, Christianity / History, Antiquities & Archaeology, Gnosticism

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

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GenreReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit

AuthorJean Doresse

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-029527

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"For those who are interested in the origins of Gnosticism and the conflict between those who preferred to call themselves "Christian" this work is simply indispensible.", The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is a MUST have text for students of early Christianity, the Gnostic gospels, and comparative religion. I highly recommend this most interesting and enjoyable work.

Dewey Decimal299/.932

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Table Of ContentIllustrations Introduction 1--The Problem of Gnosticism: Its Earliest Known Elements 2--Original Texts and Monuments 3--The Story of a Discovery 4--Thirteen Codices of Papyrus 5--Forty-Four Secret (and Hitherto Unknown) Books 6--The Sethians According to Their Writings 7--The Survival of Gnosticism: From Manichaeism to the Islamic Sects Epilogue Appendix 1--The Teaching of Simon Magus in the Chenoboskion Manuscripts Appendix 2--The Gospel According to Thomas Appendix 3--Index of References to the Canonical Gospels Notes Index

SynopsisDetails the momentous discovery and significance of the ancient gnostic texts hidden for sixteen centuries in Chenoboskion, Egypt * Author was a member of the party that discovered these ancient Coptic documents * Sheds new light on the vanished world in which Christianity was born * 40,000 copies sold of earlier editions * Includes the first translation of the Gospel of Thomas, with full commentary Hidden for sixteen centuries, the Nag Hammadi library, the most prodigious collection of sacred gnostic texts, were discovered in the late 1940s in Chenoboskion, a remote hamlet in upper Egypt. Among them was the Gospel according to Thomas, which aroused international publicity and alerted the world to the significance of this archeological find, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance. The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is the original survey of the contents of these documents and their significance to the world at large. Doresse's narrative allows readers direct contact with an ancient form of Christianity through the philosophical wealth of the texts-ranging from gnostic revelations and Christian apocrypha to Hermetic literature-Included in the book is the original English translation of the Gospel of Thomas first published in 1960., Details the momentous discovery and significance of the ancient gnostic texts hidden for sixteen centuries in Chenoboskion, Egypt - Author was a member of the party that discovered these ancient Coptic documents - Sheds new light on the vanished world in which Christianity was born - 40,000 copies sold of earlier editions - Includes the first translation of the Gospel of Thomas, with full commentary Hidden for sixteen centuries, the Nag Hammadi library, the most prodigious collection of sacred gnostic texts, were discovered in the late 1940s in Chenoboskion, a remote hamlet in upper Egypt. Among them was the Gospel according to Thomas, which aroused international publicity and alerted the world to the significance of this archeological find, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance. The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is the original survey of the contents of these documents and their significance to the world at large. Doresse's narrative allows readers direct contact with an ancient form of Christianity through the philosophical wealth of the texts-ranging from gnostic revelations and Christian apocrypha to Hermetic literature-Included in the book is the original English translation of the Gospel of Thomas first published in 1960.

LC Classification NumberBT1390.D613 2005