Nag Hammadi library

Coptic-language early Christian non-canonical gospel, part of the Nag Hammadi library

collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945

Third century gnostic text

2nd century Valentinian homily

second-century Sethian Gnostic text

literary work

pseudonymous text amongst the New Testament apocrypha

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literary work

Christian Gnostic text

Gnostic Christian text (c. 200 AD)

The Hermetica are texts attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. These texts may vary widely in content and purpose, but by modern convention are usually subdivided into two main categories, the "technical" and "religio-philosophical" Hermetica.

New Testament apocryphal work

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2nd or 3rd century Gnostic Christian epistle

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3rd-century Gnostic text

third century Christian Gnostic text

Christian Gnostic text

gnostic work dealing with creation and the end time

2nd century Christian Gnostic text

Valentinian treatise found on the Jung Codex surviving in Coptic

Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha

literary work

Valentinian treatise

Zostrianos is a Sethian Gnostic text. It is the first tractate of two in Codex VIII of the Nag Hammadi library. It takes up 132 of the 140 pages in the codex, making Zostrianos the longest tractate of the entire library. However the text is extensively damaged, especially in the center, making the document difficult to fully understand. The Coptic manuscript is a translation of a Greek original, likely written in Alexandria in c. 200 AD. In the text, Zostrianos goes on a heavenly journey and receives divine knowledge from the aeons.

Gnostic text

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2nd-century collection of maxims

Allogenes is a series of Gnostic texts. The main character in these texts is Allogenes (Greek: ἀλλογενής), which translates as 'stranger,' 'foreigner,' or 'of another race.' The first text discovered was Allogenes as the third tractate in Codex XI of the Nag Hammadi library. The Coptic manuscript is a translation of a Greek original, likely written in Alexandria before 300 AD. In this text, containing Middle Platonic or Neoplatonic elements, Allogenes receives divine revelations.

one of the books found in the Nag Hammadi library

Sethian Gnostic text

Marsanes is a Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The only surviving copy comes from the Nag Hammadi library, albeit with 14 pages completely missing and a large number of lines throughout the text damaged beyond recovery. Scholars speculate that the text was originally written by a Syrian in Greek during the third century. The content of the text focuses on the 13 seals, the Triple-Powered One, the shape and structure of the soul, acquiring power and knowledge, and an apocalyptic vision.

Christian Gnostic text

Gnostic text

Apocalyptic text from the Nag Hammadi library

ancient Hermetic treatise

Hypsiphrone is Codex XI, Tractate 4 of the Nag Hammadi writings, named from the translation of a Greek feminine name word 'Hypsiphrone' or 'Hupsiph[rone]' rendered as she of high mind. The text is highly fragmentary, and only parts of several paragraphs have survived.

text by Pseudo-Apuleius