Definition of Nag hammadi library

1. Noun. A collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism.

Exact synonyms: Nag Hammadi
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nag Hammadi Library

Nadir
Naegele's rule
Naegeli syndrome
Naegeli type of monocytic leukaemia
Naegleria gruberi
Naemorhedus
Naemorhedus goral
Nafaanra
Nafcil
Naffziger
Naffziger operation
Naffziger syndrome
Nafpaktos
Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammadi Library
Naga
Nagaland
Nagano
Nagaraj
Nagari
Nagari script
Nagasaki
Nagavali
Nageia
Nageia nagi
Nagel
Nagel's test
Nagele

Literary usage of Nag hammadi library

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Da Vinci Code on Trial: Filtering Fact from Fiction by Stephen Clark (2005)
"14 Christopher Tuckett, Nag Hammadi and the Gospel Tradition: Synoptic Tradition in the nag hammadi library (T. & T. Clark, 1983), quoted in DA Carson, ..."

2. Quran: The Final Testament by Rashad Khalifa (2001)
"[Apocalypse of Peter, VII, 3, 81] from THE nag hammadi library (Harper & Row, 1977, James M. Robinson, ed, Page 339). The facts that (1) Mr. Schroeder's ..."

3. Ring Around the Rosie . . . ! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"... Jonathan 51 Muffins, Eustace 65 Nabob one-man boss 18 NAFTA 141 Nag Hammadi Library (The) 157 Nasi 155 National Cancer Institute 125 National Military ..."

4. A New America: An Awakened Future on Our Horizon by Alexander S. Kochkin, Patricia M. Van Camp (2005)
"... James M. The nag hammadi library. Harper San Francisco 1990. Roof, Wade Clark. Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion ..."

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