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from: Brill Academic Publishers See Larger Image Our Price: $495.00 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $325.00 Third Party New Price: $364.98 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 299.932 EAN: 9789004117020 ISBN: 9004117024 Label: Brill Academic Publishers Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers Number Of Items: 5 Number Of Pages: 5148 Publication Date: 2000-04 Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers Sales Rank: 1420266 Studio: Brill Academic Publishers Related Items: The Gospel of Judas, Critical Edition: Together with the Letter of Peter to Phillip, James, and a Book of Allogenes from Codex Tchacos Introduction to Sahidic Coptic Nag Hammadi Scriptures, The: The International Edition The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle A Coptic Dictionary (Ancient Language Resources) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Ancient and enlightening This collection of texts gives a fascinating view of early Christian texts and views, particularly in light of the fact that these were not the writings that made it into the mainstream of church and biblical canonical development, but rather were influential in an underground, almost subversive way, in much of ancient and oriental Christianity -- were it not for the existence of texts such as these, indeed, we would not have the canon of the Bible which we have today (the political motivations behind ... Read More Rating: - The Coptic Gnostic Library. From the publisher: The Coptic Gnostic Library continues where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. Our main sources of information for the Gnostic religion are the so-called Nag Hammadi codices, written in Coptic. These were unearthed in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. The texts literally begin where the Dead Sea Scrolls end. Their discovery is considered equally significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves, bringing to light a long-hidden wealth of information and insights into ... Read More Rating: - Only For Serious Students The E.J. Brill Academic Press graciously reprinted the full Nag Hammadi library, which had previously only been available in 13 hardcover volumes at a price of $2000 (or was it only $1995? I forget...). Even at $500 the books are pricey, but given the fact that not everyone reads or cares to learn to read Coptic, I can understand the reasons behind the pricing. Each text from the Nag Hammadi Codices is presented in its original Coptic form along with an English translation mirroring the Coptic (i.e., the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Reference - Subjects - Books - General Reference - Subjects - Books - General AAS Bible & Other Sacred Texts - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Bible & Other Sacred Texts - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Gnosticism