Jung Codex
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The Jung Codex was found at Nag Hammadi
. It slipped through the hands of the Egyptian authorities and was sold to private collectors in the United States. Gilles Quispel
, a Dutch historian, heard about these mysterious manuscripts and decided to buy them via the Jung Foundation in Zurich.
It contains:
Nag Hammâdi
Nag Hammadi , is a city in Upper Egypt. Nag Hammadi was known as Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, meaning "geese grazing grounds". It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor....
. It slipped through the hands of the Egyptian authorities and was sold to private collectors in the United States. Gilles Quispel
Gilles Quispel
Gilles Quispel was a Dutch theologian, and historian of Christianity and Gnosticism. He became professor emeritus of early Christian history at Utrecht University....
, a Dutch historian, heard about these mysterious manuscripts and decided to buy them via the Jung Foundation in Zurich.
It contains:
- The Prayer of the Apostle Paul
- The Apocryphon of JamesApocryphon of JamesThe Apocryphon of James, also known by the translation of its title - the Secret Book of James, is a pseudonymous text amongst the New Testament apocrypha. It describes the secret teachings of Jesus to Peter and James, given after the Resurrection but before the Ascension.A major theme is that one...
(also known as the Secret Book of James) - The Gospel of TruthGospel of TruthThe Gospel of Truth is one of the Gnostic texts from the New Testament apocrypha found in the Nag Hammadi codices . It exists in two Coptic translations, a Subachmimic rendition surviving almost in full in the first codex and a Sahidic in fragments in the twelfth.-History:The Gospel of Truth was...
- The Treatise on the ResurrectionTreatise on the ResurrectionThe Treatise on the Resurrection is an ancient Gnostic or quasi-Gnostic Christian text which was found at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. It is also sometimes referred to as "The Letter to Rheginos" because it is a letter responding to questions about the resurrection posed by Rheginos, who may have been a...
- The Tripartite TractateTripartite TractateThe Tripartite Tractate is a third or mid-fourth century Gnostic work found in the Nag Hammadi library. It is the fifth tractate of the first codex, known as the Jung Codex. It deals primarily with the relationship between the Aeons and the Son...