The Nag Hammadi Library in English - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004088563 ISBN 13: 9789004088566

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Synopsis

First published in 1978, The Nag Hammadi Library was widely acclaimed by critics and scholars alike. Containing many of the writings of the Gnostics since the time of Christ, this was the work that launched modern Gnostic studies and exposed a movement whose teachings are in may ways as relevant today as they were sixteen centuries ago. Although some of the texts had appeared in other translations, the 1978 edition was the first and only translation of these ancient and fascinating manuscripts to appear in one volume.
This new edition is the result of ten years of additional research, and editorial and critical work. Every translation has been changed or added to; many have been thoroughly revised.
Unearthed in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt, the texts literally begin where the Dead Sea Scrolls end. Their discovery is seen as equally significant, bringing to light a long-hidden well of new information, sources, and insights into early Judaism and the roots of Christianity.
Each text is accompanied by a new and expanded introduction. Also included are a revised general introduction and an afterword discussing the modern relevance of Gnosticism, from Voltaire and Blake through Melville and Yeats to Jack Kerouac and science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.
The translations and introductions to the Nag Hammadi texts are by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project, which includes such scholars as Helmut Koester, George McRae, and Elaine Pagels.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

Review:

'This definitive translation has become a standard since its first publication in 1977.'
J.K. Elliott, Novum Testamentum, 1991.
'Dieses Buch ist ein Meilenstein.'
Wolf-Peter Funk, Theologische Literaturzeitung, 1981.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9004088563
• ISBN 13: 9789004088566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 568
• Editor: Robinson James M