What’s inside
49 texts: The Prayer of the Apostle Paul · The Secret Book of James · The Gospel of Truth · The Writing on Resurrection · The Three-Part Writing · The Secret Book of John · The Gospel of Thomas with the Greek Gospel of Thomas · The Gospel of Philip · The Nature of the Rulers · On the Origin of the World · Explanation on the Soul · The Book of Thomas · The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit · Eugnostos the Blessed · The Wisdom of Jesus Christ · The Conversation of the Savior · The Revelation of Paul · The First Revelation of James · The Second Revelation of James · The Revelation of Adam · The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles · Thunder · Authoritative Discourse · The Concept of Our Great Power · Excerpt from Plato’s Republic · The Discussion on the Eighth and Ninth · The Prayer of Thankfulness · Excerpt from the Perfect Talk · The Paraphrase of Shem · The Second Discourse of Great Seth · The Revelation of Peter · The Teachings of Silvanus · The Three Steles of Seth · Zostrianos · The Letter from Peter to Philip · Melchizedek · The Thought of Norea · The Testimony of Truth · Marsanes · The Interpretation of Knowledge · Valentinian Explanation with Valentinian Worship Readings · Allogenes the Stranger · Hypsiphrone · The Sentences of Sextus · Three Forms of First Thought · The Gospel of Mary with the Greek Gospel of Mary · The Act of Peter · The Gospel of Judas · The Book of Allogenes.
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The early Christian and Gnostic writings found in a sealed jar at Nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945, among them the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip and the Secret Book of John, in one volume.
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Why people read it
The books beside the Bible, in facts
- Jude quotes Enoch
The New Testament letter of Jude (1:14–15) quotes the Book of Enoch, which the Ethiopian Church kept complete.
- Found in a cave, 1947
From 1947, scrolls found near Qumran by the Dead Sea gave the oldest known copies of biblical books.
- Sealed in a jar, 1945
At Nag Hammadi in Egypt, a sealed jar held early Christian writings, among them the Gospel of Thomas.
- 80 books in 1611
The first King James Bible printed 80 books, the Apocrypha among them. Most Bibles today print 66.
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Contents
What is the Nag Hammadi library?
A collection of early Christian and Gnostic writings found in a sealed jar in Egypt in 1945, including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip and the Secret Book of John. This volume holds 49 of them.
Is the English easy to read?
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Do I need the other three volumes?
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