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The Gnostic discoveries : the impact of the Nag Hammadi library

text The Gnostic discoveries : the impact of the Nag Hammadi library

Summary
In 1945 an Egyptian peasant discovered a jar filled with ancient manuscripts. Painstakingly restored and translated, these fragments came to be known as the Nag Hammadi library. Included are gospels of Jesus's life that never made it into the mode... Read more
Contents

Introduction -- Fertilizer, blood, vengeance, and codices -- Coptic texts from the sands of Egypt -- They will not taste death -- The wisdom of insight -- Valentinus the Christian mystic -- Hermes, Derdekeas, thunder, and Mary -- Epilogue.

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vi, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
HarperCollins 2005

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 299.932 MEY in Adult Non-fiction Available

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