Part one: : The Greek papyri--codex VIII (Codex_Part_I_VIII)
John Barns has described the documents printed here as 143-4 as follows (Prel. Rep. p. 2): "VIII contains, besides a few scraps of letters in Greek and Coptic [145, C15-9], fairly extensive, though tantalizingly incomplete, remains of two texts in Greek which seem to be without an exact paralle...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill Academic Publishers
2012
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| In: | In: The Coptic Gnostic Library - A Complete Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, volume 4 |
| Series/Journal: | BrillOnline Reference Works
Coptic Gnostic Library |
| Further subjects: | B
Gnostic literature
B Coptic manuscripts (Papyri) B Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) B Nag Hammadi Codices |
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| Summary: | John Barns has described the documents printed here as 143-4 as follows (Prel. Rep. p. 2): "VIII contains, besides a few scraps of letters in Greek and Coptic [145, C15-9], fairly extensive, though tantalizingly incomplete, remains of two texts in Greek which seem to be without an exact parallel among the papyri. They are evidently copies of imperial ordinances, applying not particularly to Egypt, but to the Empire as a whole. Their style is reminiscent of the letters of Constantine preserved in Eusebius,1 but they are evidently concerned not with religious matters, but with administrative and fiscal abuses and reforms |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004228900_cgl_aCodex_Part_I_VIII |