A lovely, complete edition of the Gnostic Christian scriptures. Could do with a bit more editorial comment in places, but otherwise very good. ( )

I read the Dutch translation and when I read it. It was a coming home. It was so normal to me. I mean the common sense of the word the book brought to my awareness.

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 ( )

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. ( )