The Gospel of the Egyptians from Nag Hammadi

Record summary

The Nag Hammadi text commonly called the Gospel of the Egyptians, or Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, presents layered cosmology, divine genealogies, ritual language, and revelation associated with Sethian traditions. It was repeatedly retranslated and reinterpreted during the period as scholars assessed its relation to other Egyptian and late antique religious materials. The text matters for comparing visionary cosmology with initiatory literature. Its title is modern and potentially confusing, since it is distinct from another early Christian work also called the Gospel of the Egyptians.