Nag Hammadi Scriptures The International Edition

Name: Nag Hammadi Scriptures The International Edition
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ISBN: 9780060523787

ISBN-10: 0060523786

ISBN-13: 9780060523787

Edition: 2009

Authors: Marvin W. Meyer, James M. Robinson, Jean-Pierre Mahe, Elaine Pagels, Birger A. Pearson

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The year is 1945. At the foot of a cliff along the Nile River, near the city of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian peasant unearths a large storage jar containing ancient manuscripts. The discovery turns out to be a treasury of fourth-century texts, including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Gospel of Truth, and many other writings-the scriptures of the mystical tradition commonly called Gnosticism, from the Greek gnosis, that is, esoteric or secret knowledge. There had been malicious references to these works by early church fathers, but these were among the first copies seen in modern times. Since this discovery of the renowned Nag Hammadi library, our picture of the world of…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/29/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 864
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.69" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

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 .



Preface



Introduction



The Prayer of the Apostle Paul



The Secret Book of James



The Gospel of Truth



The Treatise on Resurrection



The Tripartite Tractate



The Secret Book of John



The Gospel of Thomas with the Greek Gospel of Thomas



The Gospel of Philip



The Nature of the Rulers



On the Origin of the World



Exegesis on the Soul



The Book of Thomas



The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit



Eugnostos the Blessed



The Wisdom of Jesus Christ



The Dialogue of the Savior



The Revelation of Paul



The First Revelation of James



The Second Revelation of James



The Revelation of Adam



The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles



Thunder



Authoritative Discourse



The Concept of Our Great Power



Excerpt from Plato's Republic



The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth



The Prayer of Thanksgiving



Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse



The Paraphrase of Shem



The Second Discourse of Great Seth



The Revelation of Peter



The Teachings of Silvanus



The Three Steles of Seth



Zostrianos



The Letter of Peter to Philip



Melchizedek



The Thought of Norea



The Testimony of Truth



Marsanes



The Interpretation of Knowledge



Valentinian Exposition with Valentinian Liturgical Readings



Allogenes the Stranger



Hypsiphrone



The Sentences of Sextus



Three Forms of First Thought



The Gospel of Mary with the Greek Gospel of Mary



The Act of Peter



The Gospel of Judas



The Book of Allogenes



Epilogue: Schools of Thought in the Nag Hammadi Scriptures


Thomas Christianity



The Sethian School of Gnostic Thought



The Valentinian School of Gnostic Thought



Hermetic Religion



Table of Tractates


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index of Proper Names