Download or read book The Coptic Gnostic Library written by James McConkey Robinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gnostic Library" continues where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. It is based on the Nag Hammadi codices, which were unearthed in 1945 -- a discovery considered as significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves. The "Coptic Gnostic Library" contains all the texts of the Nag Hammadi codices, both in the original Coptic and in translation. It sheds an invaluable light upon early Judaism and the roots of Christianity. Now available in paperback.