The Nag Hammadi Library in EnglishJames James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smith, Coptic Gnostic Library Project BRILL, 01.01.1996 - 549 Seiten First published in 1978, "The Nag Hammadi Library" was widely acclaimed by critics and scholars alike. Containing many of the writings of the Gnostics since the time of Christ, this was the work that launched modern Gnostic studies and exposed a movement whose teachings are in may ways as relevant today as they were sixteen centuries ago. Although some of the texts had appeared in other translations, the 1978 edition was the first and only translation of these ancient and fascinating manuscripts to appear in one volume. This new edition is the result of ten years of additional research, and editorial and critical work. Every translation has been changed or added to; many have been thoroughly revised. Unearthed in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt, the texts literally begin where the Dead Sea Scrolls end. Their discovery is seen as equally significant, bringing to light a long-hidden well of new information, sources, and insights into early Judaism and the roots of Christianity. Each text is accompanied by a new and expanded introduction. Also included are a revised general introduction and an afterword discussing the modern relevance of Gnosticism, from Voltaire and Blake through Melville and Yeats to Jack Kerouac and science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. The translations and introductions to the Nag Hammadi texts are by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project, which includes such scholars as Helmut Koester, George McRae, and Elaine Pagels. |
Inhalt
The Prayer of The Apostle Paul II | 18 |
DIETER MUELLER | 27 |
The Gospel of Truth 13 and XII2 | 38 |
The Treatise on the Resurrection 14 52 | 55 |
The Tripartite Tractate 15 | 61 |
The Apocryphon of John II1 III1 IV1 and BG 85022 | 104 |
The Gospel of Thomas II2 | 124 |
The Gospel of Philip II3 | 139 |
The Apocalypse of Adam V5 | 277 |
The Thunder Perfect Mind VI2 | 295 |
The Concept of Our Great Power VI4 | 311 |
The Prayer of Thanksgiving VI7 and Scribal Note VI 7a | 328 |
The Second Treatise of the Great Seth VII2 | 362 |
The Teachings of Silvanus VII4 | 379 |
The Three Steles of Seth VII5 | 396 |
The Letter of Peter to Philip VIII2 | 431 |
The Hypostasis of the Archons II4 | 161 |
On the Origin of the World II5 and XIII2 | 170 |
The Exegesis on the Soul II6 | 190 |
The Book of Thomas the Contender II7 | 199 |
Eugnostos the Blessed III3 and VI and The Sophia of Jesus | 220 |
The Dialogue of the Savior III5 | 244 |
The First Apocalypse of James V3 | 260 |
The Thought of Norea IX2 | 445 |
Marsanes X1 | 460 |
A Valentinian Exposition XI2 with On the Anointing | 481 |
Allogenes XI3 | 490 |
The Sentences of Sextus XIII | 503 |
The Gospel of Mary BG 85021 | 523 |
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