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The '''Epistle of Eugnostos''' is one of many [[Gnostic]] tractates from the [[Nag Hammadi library]], discovered in [[Egypt]] in 1945. The Nag Hammadi codices |
The '''Epistle of Eugnostos''' is one of many [[Gnostic]] tractates from the [[Nag Hammadi library]], discovered in [[Egypt]] in 1945. The Nag Hammadi codices contain two full copies of this tractate. |
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The text is devoid of any specifically Christian themes or associations, and simply describes the esoteric cosmology of the gnostics. The |
The text is devoid of any specifically Christian themes or associations, and simply describes the esoteric cosmology of the gnostics. The similarity with the cosmology in ''[[The Sophia of Jesus Christ|Sophia of Jesus Christ]]'', led Douglas M. Parrott to conclude that that work was an adaption of this Epistle for a Christian audience. Parrott places the two side by side for comparison in his translation for''The Nag Hammadi Library in English'', edited by Robinson. |
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The Epistle of Eugnostos is one of many Gnostic tractates from the Nag Hammadi library, discovered in Egypt in 1945. The Nag Hammadi codices contain two full copies of this tractate.
The text is devoid of any specifically Christian themes or associations, and simply describes the esoteric cosmology of the gnostics. The similarity with the cosmology in Sophia of Jesus Christ, led Douglas M. Parrott to conclude that that work was an adaption of this Epistle for a Christian audience. Parrott places the two side by side for comparison in his translation forThe Nag Hammadi Library in English, edited by Robinson.