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The Nag Hammadi scriptures / edited by Marvin Meyer ; with contributions by Wolf-Peter Funk ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gnosticism.
- Nag Hammadi codices.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 844 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- International edition, first edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperOne, [2007]
- Summary:
- Since the discovery of ancient lost gospels, secret books, treatises, and tractates in the Nile Valley near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, the study of Gnostic religion and its impact on Christianity, Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions has been fundamentally transformed. Gnosticism's influence on Western culture and tradition through the ages and up to modern times has been profound. In this definitive edition, an international team of esteemed scholars provide the most complete English translations of all the texts of this ancient mystical tradition, with introductory essays and extensive notes reflecting the latest scholarship-including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.
- "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures includes nearly fifty texts that were read as sacred literature and gathered in collections found near Nag Hammadi and elsewhere in Egypt-hence the title of this volume. The texts published here, however, do not constitute scripture in the narrow sense of a closed canonical collection, as is the case with the Jewish scriptures, the New Testament, or the Qur'an. Rather, the documents from the Nag Hammadi library, the Berlin Gnostic Codex, and Codex Tchacos are scriptural in the broader sense of texts composed, read, translated, and copied as books recognized as inspired-and inspiring-for those seeking God. These and the other texts from the Nag Hammadi library invite us to reconsider the nature of our religious and philosophical heritage, the development of Christianity and the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, and the enduring questions raised by religious and philosophical inquiry."
- Contents:
- The Prayer of the Apostle Paul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 15
- The Secret Book of James / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 19
- The Gospel of Truth / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer 31
- The Treatise on Resurrection / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer 49
- The Tripartite Tractate / Einar Thomassen 57
- The Secret Book of John / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer 103
- The Gospel of Thomas with the Greek Gospel of Thomas / Marvin Meyer 133
- The Gospel of Philip / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 157
- The Nature of the Rulers / Marvin Meyer 187
- On the Origin of the World / Marvin Meyer 199
- Exegesis on the Soul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 223
- The Book of Thomas / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer 235
- The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer 247
- Eugnostos the Blessed / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 271
- The Wisdom of Jesus Christ / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 283
- The Dialogue of the Savior / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 297
- The Revelation of Paul / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 313
- The First Revelation of James / Wolf-Peter Funk 321
- The Second Revelation of James / Wolf-Peter Funk 331
- The Revelation of Adam / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 343
- The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 357
- Thunder / Paul-Hubert Poirier, Marvin Meyer 367
- Authoritative Discourse / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 379
- The Concept of Our Great Power / Madeleine Scopello, Marvin Meyer 391
- Excerpt from Plato's Republic / Marvin Meyer 403
- The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth / Jean-Pierre Mahe, Marvin Meyer 409
- The Prayer of Thanksgiving / Jean-Pierre Mahe, Marvin Meyer 419
- Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse / Jean-Pierre Mahe, Marvin Meyer 425
- The Paraphrase of Shem / Michel Roberge 437
- The Second Discourse of Great Seth / Marvin Meyer 473
- The Revelation of Peter / Marvin Meyer 487
- The Teachings of Silvanus / Birger A. Pearson 499
- The Three Steles of Seth / John D. Turner 523
- Zostrianos / John D. Turner 537
- The Letter of Peter to Philip / Marvin Meyer 585
- Melchizedek / Birger A. Pearson 595
- The Thought of Norea / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer 607
- The Testimony of Truth / Birger A. Pearson 613
- Marsanes / John D. Turner 629
- The Interpretation of Knowledge / Einar Thomassen 651
- Valentinian Exposition with Valentinian Liturgical Readings / Einar Thomassen, Marvin Meyer 663
- Allogenes the Stranger / John D. Turner 679
- Hypsiphrone / John D. Turner, Marvin Meyer 701
- The Sentences of Sextus / Paul-Hubert Poirier, Marvin Meyer 705
- Three Forms of First Thought / John D. Turner 715
- The Gospel of Mary with the Greek Gospel of Mary / Karen L. King 737
- The Act of Peter / Marvin Meyer 749
- The Gospel of Judas / Marvin Meyer 755
- The Book of Allogenes / Marvin Meyer 771
- Epilogue: Schools of Thought in the Nag Hammadi Scriptures 777
- Thomas Christianity / Marvin Meyer 779
- The Sethian School of Gnostic Thought / John D. Turner 784
- The Valentinian School of Gnostic Thought / Einar Thomassen 790
- Hermetic Religion / Jean-Pierre Mahe 795
- Table of Tractates 799.
- Notes:
- "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."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [803]-826) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780060523787
- 0060523786
- OCLC:
- 124538398
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