Nag Hammadi texts

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:access public domain translations available
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Nag_Hammadi_library
gptkbp:conservationStatus fragmentary
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Coptic_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:date 4th century
3rd century
gptkbp:discoveredBy local farmers
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Nag_Hammadi,_Egypt
1945
gptkbp:editor gptkb:James_M._Robinson
gptkb:Jean_Doresse
gptkbp:firstPublished 1956
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Christian_literature
prayers
philosophical treatises
epistles
apocryphal gospels
acts
apocalypses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nag Hammadi texts
gptkbp:importantFor challenge orthodox Christian canon
key to understanding Gnostic beliefs
shed light on early Christian diversity
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:theology
gptkb:Egyptian_religion
Orthodox Judaism
Platonic philosophy
gptkbp:language Coptic
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:religion
gptkb:Hermetic_texts
Gnostic texts
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkb:leather
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Gospel_of_Thomas
gptkb:Apocryphon_of_John
gptkb:Gospel_of_Philip
gptkb:Gospel_of_Truth
gptkb:The_Sophia_of_Jesus_Christ
gptkbp:numberOfCodices 13
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 50
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Coptic_Christians
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sufism
gptkb:Early_Christianity
gptkb:Hermeticism
New Testament apocrypha
gptkbp:significance source of Gnostic Christian writings
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Memory_of_the_World
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Sahidic_dialect
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Apocryphon_of_John
gptkb:Pleroma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6