Journal of Experimental Spirituality, 2005) .

Journal of Experimental Spirituality, 2005). The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is a MUST have text for students of early Christianity, the Gnostic gospels, and comparative religion. I highly recommend this most interesting and enjoyable work. Included in the book is the original English translation of the Gospel according to Thomas first published in 1960. JEAN DORESSE is a renowned historian and a scholar of Egyptology and Greek papyrology.

Hidden for sixteen centuries, the Nag Hammadi library, the most prodigious collection of sacred gnostic texts, were discovered in the late 1940s in Chenoboskion, a remote hamlet in upper Egypt. Among them was the Gospel according to Thomas, which aroused international publicity and alerted the world to the significance of this archeological find, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance

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By (Author) Jean Doresse. Availability: In Stock. Details the momentous discovery and significance of the ancient gnostic texts hidden for sixteen centuries in Chenoboskion, Egypt. Author was a member of the party that discovered these ancient Coptic documents. Sheds new light on the vanished world in which Christianity was born. Hidden for sixteen centuries, the Nag Hammadi library, the most prodigious collection of sacred gnostic texts, were discovered in the late 1940s in Chenoboskion, a remote hamlet in upper Egypt. Among them was the Gospel according to Thomas, which aroused international publicity and alerted the world to the significance of this archeological find, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance

The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the "Chenoboskion Manuscripts" and the "Gnostic Gospels") is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.

The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the "Chenoboskion Manuscripts" and the "Gnostic Gospels") is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Muhammed al-Samman.

Jean Doresse was a member of the party of archaeologists who first investigated the important collection of Gnostic texts found during the 1940s at a remote site in Upper Egypt.

Inner Traditions2005. Jean Doresse was a member of the party of archaeologists who first investigated the important collection of Gnostic texts found during the 1940s at a remote site in Upper Egypt. The book ends with a translation and analysis of the Gospel according to Thomas.

Illustrations Introduction 1-The Problem of Gnosticism: Its Earliest Known Elements 2-Original Texts and Monuments 3-The Story of a Discovery 4-Thirteen Codices of Papyrus 5-Forty-Four Secret (and Hitherto Unknown) Books 6-The Sethians According to Their Writings 7-The Survival of Gnosticism: From Manichaeism.