The Nag Hammadi Library in English </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Robinson, James M.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">General Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">3:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Harper & Row</publisher> <dateIssued>1988</dateIssued> <edition>Third revised edition</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>549tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>This edition, with ten additional years of research and critical work, a revised general introduction, and an afterword discussing Gnosticism's modern relevance to the initial publication, is the only one-volume collection of the secret Gnostic writings from the time of Christ. The Nag Hammadi Library was discovered in 1945 buried in a large stone jar in the desert outside the modern Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi. It is a collection of religious and philosophic texts gathered and translated into Coptic by fourth-century Gnostic Christians and translated into English by dozens of highly reputable experts. First published in 1978, this is the revised 1988 edition supported by illuminating introductions to each document. The library itself is a diverse collection of texts that the Gnostics considered to be related to their heretical philosophy in some way. There are 45 separate titles, including a Coptic translation from the Greek of two well-known works: the Gospel of Thomas, attributed to Jesus' brother Judas, and Plato's Republic.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">James M. Robinson (General Editor)</note> <subject> <topic>Gnosticism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">299.932</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R658-J27</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780060669348</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15109/92.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15109/92.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071436.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>