The Nag Hammadi Scriptures

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Authors
Meyer, Marvin
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Tags
religion , history , philosophy , spirituality , reference
ISBN
9780739492451
Date
0400-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
3.43 MB
Lang
en
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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures , edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the recently discovered Gospel of Judas, as well as other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought. The compilation of ancient manuscripts that constitute The Nag Hammadi Scriptures is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions.