The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Excerpt From The Perfect Discourse

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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Excerpt From The Perfect Discourse
Links between Alexandrian and Egyptian literature and civilizations. Authors refer to the misfortune of Egypt and the many foreign invaders and slaughters of the time. Then judgment of the soul and its journey in the underworld in pharos literature.. Hermetic system a spiritual way. Progress toward God an ascent through all is the strata of the universe...

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Set of early Christianity and Gnostics codices in a jar at the base of the Jabal al-Tarif cliffs, Nag Hammadi in Egypt around C200 AD.
Originally written in Greek and translated into Coptic.
Book: The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Marvin W. Meyer (Editor), Elaine H. Pagels (Introduction), James M. Robinson (Contributor)

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