The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts: A Firsthand Account of the Expedition That Shook the Foundations of Christianity
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159477045X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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I highly recommend this most interesting and enjoyable work." (A. "For those who are interested in the origins of Gnosticism and the conflict between those who preferred to call themselves "Christian" this work is simply indispensible." (Sven Davisson, Ashe! Journal of Experimental Spirituality, 2005)"The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is a MUST have text for students of early Christianity, the Gnostic gospels, and comparative religion. Canales, The Critical Review Service, Oct 2006
An extremely biased book tepi This is an extremely biased book, and if you don't believe me here is what the American poet and critic Kenneth Rexroth, who was normally a very mild-mannered man, had to say in a footnote to his Introduction to 'Fragments of a Faith Forgotten' by G. R. S. Mead (NY: University Books, 1960, p.xvii):"Let the buyer beware! Doresse is a bigot who shares the hatred of Gnosticism of the Fathers of the Church, at this late date. One cannot but feel that his summaries of Gnostic doctrine - especially when he echoes the talk of the Gnostic's "abominations" - are no more to be trusted than those of the Church Fathers. Doresse's viciously p
He was head of the research department at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique and for five years undertook expeditions on behalf of the French government, establishing the first archaeological service in Ethiopia. He lives in France. Jean Doresse is a renowned historian and a scholar of Egyptology and Greek papyrology.
Among them was the Gospel according to Thomas, which aroused international publicity and alerted the world to the significance of this archeological find, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance.The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Texts is the original survey of the contents of these documents and their significance to the world at large. Doresse's narrative allows readers direct contact with an ancient form of Christianity through the philosophical wealth of the texts-ranging from gnostic revelations and Christian apocrypha to Hermetic literature-Included in the book is the original English translation of the Gospel of Thomas first published in 1960.. Details the momentous discovery and significance of the ancient gnostic texts hidden for sixteen centuries in Chenoboskion, Egypt• Author was a member of the party that discovered these ancient Coptic documents• Sheds new light on the vanished world in which Christianity was born• 40,000 copies sold of earlier editions• Includes the