Nag Hammadi library
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The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Twelve leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Mohammed al-Samman.
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See also
- Apocalyptic literature
- Acts of the Apostles (genre)
- Agrapha
- Biblical archaeology
- Development of the New Testament canon
- Epistles
- Gnosticism
- Gospel of Mary Magdalene
- List of Gospels
- List of New Testament papyri
- New Testament apocrypha
- Pseudepigraphy
- Textual criticism
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