The Nag Hammadi Library [Third, completely revised Edition]. Translated and Introduction by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. With an Afterword by Richard Smith. HarperSanFrancisco. 1988. - Softcover

Robinson, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060669357 ISBN 13: 9780060669355

Publisher: HarperOne, 1988

Synopsis

This definitive edition of THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY is the only complete, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945 It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary and other Gnostic gospels and sacred tests. First published in 1978 and revised, expanded, and updated in 1999, THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY launched modern Gnostic studies and exposed a movement within Christianity whose teachings are in many ways - as bestselling author Elaine Pagels has shown - as relevant today as they were centuries ago. This edition takes into account recent developments in Gnostic scholarship, including the significance of the Gospel of Thomas as a source of the authentic sayings of Jesus. The translators include such prominent scholars as Elaine Pagels, Marvin Meyer, Helmut Koester, and Bentley Layton. The Chicago Theological Seminary Register called it "A tremendous achievement".

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0060669357
• ISBN 13: 9780060669355
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3