What Do We Talk About When We Talk About the Nag Hammadi LIbrary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v45i2.28285Keywords:
Nag Hammadi library, Gnosticism, Berlin Codex, Tchacos Codex, tomb robberyAbstract
Tony Burke responds to two recent articles on the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library—“Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices” by Nicola Denzey Lewis and Justine Ariel Blount, and “How Reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?” by Mark Goodacre.
References
Barnes, J. W. B., G. M. Browne, and J. C. Sheldon, eds. 1981. Nag Hammadi Codices: Greek and Coptic Papyri from the Cartonnage of the Covers. Coptic Gnostic Library. Nag Hammadi Studies 16. Leiden: Brill.
Brakke, David. 2010. The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Crégheur, Eric. 2014. “Pour une nouvelle histoire de la découverte et de l’état primitif du codex Bruce (1769–1794).” Journal of Coptic Studies 16: 47–68.
Denzey Lewis, Nicola. 2013. Introduction to “Gnosticism”: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. New York: Oxford University Press.
Denzey Lewis, Nicola and Justine Ariel Blount. 2014. “Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices.” Journal of Biblical Literature 133: 399–419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2014.0017.
Doresse, Jean. 1950. “A Gnostic Library from Upper Egypt.” Archaeology 3: 69–73.
Goodacre, Mark. 2013. “How Reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 35: 303–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0142064X13482243.
Górecki, Tomasz. 2013. “The Hermitage in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (West Thebes): Excavations, Studies and Conservation in 2009 and 2010/2011.” Polish Archeology in the Mediterranean 22: 171–92.
King, Karen L. 2003. What is Gnosticism? Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
———. 1995. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press.
Kordowska, Daria. 2008. “Conservation Work on Three Coptic Manuscripts from Sheikh Abd el-Gurna.” Polish Archeology in the Mediterranean 18: 311–15.
Meyer, Marvin, ed. 2007. The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition. San Francisco: Harper Collins.
Pearson, Birger A. 2007. Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature. Minneapolis: Fortress.
Puech, Henri-Charles. 1950. “Les nouveaux écrits gnostiques découverts en haute-Égypte.” In Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum, 91–154. Boston: The Byzantine Institute.
Robinson, James M. 2011. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the Monastery’s Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Eugene, OR: Cascade.
———, ed. 1990. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. 3rd rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Schmidt, Carl. 1896. “Ein vorirenäisches gnostisches Originalwerk in koptischer Sprache.” Sitzungsberichte der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 2(36): 839–46.
Williams, Michael Allen. 1996. Rethinking “Gnosticism”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Wisse, Frederik. 1978. “Gnosticism and Early Monasticism in Egypt.”In Gnosis: Festschrift für Hans Jonas, edited by Barbara Aland, 431–40. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht.
Brakke, David. 2010. The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Crégheur, Eric. 2014. “Pour une nouvelle histoire de la découverte et de l’état primitif du codex Bruce (1769–1794).” Journal of Coptic Studies 16: 47–68.
Denzey Lewis, Nicola. 2013. Introduction to “Gnosticism”: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. New York: Oxford University Press.
Denzey Lewis, Nicola and Justine Ariel Blount. 2014. “Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices.” Journal of Biblical Literature 133: 399–419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2014.0017.
Doresse, Jean. 1950. “A Gnostic Library from Upper Egypt.” Archaeology 3: 69–73.
Goodacre, Mark. 2013. “How Reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 35: 303–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0142064X13482243.
Górecki, Tomasz. 2013. “The Hermitage in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (West Thebes): Excavations, Studies and Conservation in 2009 and 2010/2011.” Polish Archeology in the Mediterranean 22: 171–92.
King, Karen L. 2003. What is Gnosticism? Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
———. 1995. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press.
Kordowska, Daria. 2008. “Conservation Work on Three Coptic Manuscripts from Sheikh Abd el-Gurna.” Polish Archeology in the Mediterranean 18: 311–15.
Meyer, Marvin, ed. 2007. The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The International Edition. San Francisco: Harper Collins.
Pearson, Birger A. 2007. Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature. Minneapolis: Fortress.
Puech, Henri-Charles. 1950. “Les nouveaux écrits gnostiques découverts en haute-Égypte.” In Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum, 91–154. Boston: The Byzantine Institute.
Robinson, James M. 2011. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the Monastery’s Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Eugene, OR: Cascade.
———, ed. 1990. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. 3rd rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Schmidt, Carl. 1896. “Ein vorirenäisches gnostisches Originalwerk in koptischer Sprache.” Sitzungsberichte der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 2(36): 839–46.
Williams, Michael Allen. 1996. Rethinking “Gnosticism”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Wisse, Frederik. 1978. “Gnosticism and Early Monasticism in Egypt.”In Gnosis: Festschrift für Hans Jonas, edited by Barbara Aland, 431–40. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht.
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2016-07-06
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Burke, T. (2016). What Do We Talk About When We Talk About the Nag Hammadi LIbrary. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 45(2), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v45i2.28285
