Foreword (Foreword_II_XXXIII)(1,479 words)
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Robinson, James M., “Foreword (Foreword_II_XXXIII)”, in: The Coptic Gnostic Library — A Complete Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Editor in Chief: James M. Robinson. Consulted online on 16 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004228900_cgl_aForeword_II_XXXIII>
First published online: 2012
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“The Coptic Gnostic Library” is a complete edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, of Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, and of the Askew and Bruce Codices, comprising a critical text with English translations, introduction, notes, and indices. Its aim is to present these texts in a uniform edition that will promptly follow the appearance of The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices and that can be a basis for more detailed technical and interpretive investigations. Further studies of this sort are expected to appear in the monograph series Nag Hammadi and Ma…