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Article: Nag Hammadi Codex VII
- Article from:
- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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BIRGER A. PEARSON (ed.), Nag Hammadi Codex VII (NHS and Manichaean Studies 30; Leiden/New York/Cologne: Brill, 1996). Pp. xxvi + 479. N.P
Nag Hammadi Codex VII, one of the Coptic codices of the fourth century C.E. containing mostly gnostic writings found at the site of Nag Hammadi, is a compilation of five compositions of considerable importance for the study of pagan and early Christian religion in the Hellenistic world. The present volume includes editions of all texts in Codex VII and their English translations, with extensive notes, commentaries, and glossaries. All this is the work of several authors, under the general editorship of Birger A. Pearson, for the Coptic Gnostic Library ...
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