Revelation of the Unknowable God: With Text, Translation, and Notes to Nhc Xi, 3 Allogenes (California Classical Library) (English and Coptic Edition)

King, Karen L.

ISBN 10: 0944344445 / ISBN 13: 9780944344446

Published by Polebridge Pr Westar Inst, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Revelation of the Unknowable God: With Text, Translation, and Notes to Nhc Xi, 3 Allogenes (California Classical Library) (English and Coptic Edition)
• Publisher: Polebridge Pr Westar Inst
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0944344445
• ISBN 13: 9780944344446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Among the Gnostic treasures uncovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945 is this extraordinary spiritual narrative. In it, a third-century narrator known as Allogenes—the Foreigner—recounts a series of visions and divine revelations. He describes his spiritual progress: how he overcomes fear and ignorance and ascends into the divine realm as he experiences the transcendent Unknowable God. Karen King, a contributor to The Nag Hammadi Library in English, provides a new English translation of this work, along with complete original-language Coptic text, introduction, and extensive notes.

About the Author

Karen King is Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University in the Divinity School. An occasional consultant to the Ford Foundation on Religion and Human Rights, Dr. King has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst, Harvard Divinity School, the Irvine Foundation, and Occidental College. She is the author of The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, What Is Gnosticism?, Revelation of the Unknowable God, and scores of articles in scholarly publications.