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Loading... Nag Hammadi Scriptures, The: The International Editionby Marvin Meyer
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I've just started reading this, but already am struck by the beauty of many of the texts - so much so, that you want to invent a time machine, go back in history, grab the entire cache and bypass that stupid woman from using them as fuel for her cooking stove - what she did to humanity by burning up some of these texts is unforgiveable! Reading some of the reasons as to WHY some of these were deemed heretical is truly eye-opening, i.e., they preached reaching for God from within (as opposed to being allowed to speak to God only through a priest), which is the same thing many of the evangelicals preach, while calling these books heretical. Fascinating reading.  chiara2 | Aug 29, 2009 |  A good contemporary translation of the Nag Hammadi Library by a younger generation of scholars. Where the older translation [Nag Hammadi Library in English] tracks every burble in the original manuscripts, this volume seeks to fill in gaps and explain scribes' mistakes. The introductions to each work in this book are the most up-to-date summaries of scholarship on each work. If you are a student of Coptic who needs to track the manuscript line and page numbers, the [Nag Hammadi Library in English] or the multi-volume [Coptic Gnostic Library] from Brill will serve you better. Otherwise, this is a solid translation based on current research. Note that when the translators use 'person' for 'man' they are usually not being politically correct: older translations often said 'man' where the original language said 'person'. Recommended -- but always read several translations to find the one that suits your needs best. (Avoid [[LeLoup]]: his works seem to be *very* loose paraphrases of the [Nag Hammadi Library in English] and I've yet to find any conclusive evidence that he knows, or has any training in, Coptic. -Kushana (  ) Kushana | Apr 29, 2009 | How many books were circulating among the early Christian groups which the 'orthodox' church labelled as heretical. This book offers the interested reader the possibility to read those scriptures deemed as sacred and worthy of reverence by the Christians of the first centuries. I think we have a fantastic opportunity to judge by ourselves, and this happens for the first time in history. (  ) Stromateis | Apr 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060523786, Hardcover)This is the most complete, up–to–date, one–volume, English–language edition of the renowned library of fourth–century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought. This team of collaborators launched modern Gnostic studies and exposed a movement within Christianity whose teachings are in many ways as relevant today as they were centuries ago. The importance of their work has been underscored with the success of books by bestselling authors such as Elaine Pagels, Harold Bloom, and even Dan Brown. Opening the secrets of a religion which the Gnostics themselves had hoped would be kept sealed until the Last Day, this edition takes into account recent developments including the significance of the Gospel of Thomas and other lost gospels as a source of the authentic sayings of Jesus. This fascinating collection will become a welcome addition to the understanding of the formative years of the early Christian Church.
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