Nag Hammadi Library

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient manuscript collection
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Chenoboskion_Manuscripts
gptkbp:contains gptkb:The_Apocryphon_of_John
gptkb:Gospel_of_Thomas
gptkb:Gospel_of_Philip
gptkb:Gospel_of_Truth
gptkb:The_Gospel_of_the_Egyptians
gptkb:The_Sophia_of_Jesus_Christ
gptkb:The_Tripartite_Tractate
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Coptic_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:dateOfTexts 3rd-4th century CE
gptkbp:discoveredBy local farmers
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1945
gptkbp:editor gptkb:James_M._Robinson
gptkb:Bentley_Layton
gptkb:Marvin_Meyer
gptkbp:genre hymns
prayers
New Testament apocrypha
philosophical treatises
apocalyptic writings
Gnostic literature
acts of apostles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nag Hammadi Library
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hellenistic_Judaism
early Christianity
Platonic philosophy
gptkbp:language Coptic
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nag_Hammadi,_Egypt
gptkbp:material papyrus codices
gptkbp:numberOfCodices 13
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 50
gptkbp:originalLanguageOfTexts gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Coptic_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gnostic_Gospels
gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls
New Testament apocrypha
gptkbp:script gptkb:Coptic_script
gptkbp:significance major source of Gnostic texts
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Hans_Jonas
gptkb:Karen_L._King
gptkb:Elaine_Pagels
gptkb:Birger_A._Pearson
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Sufism
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Memory_of_the_World
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gospel_of_Thomas
gptkb:The_Descent_of_the_Only-Begotten
gptkb:Archons
gptkb:The_Discourse_on_the_Eighth_and_Ninth
gptkb:Book_of_the_Apocalypse_of_Zephaniah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6