Authoritative teaching VI,3:22,1-35,24 (AT)
The third tractate of Codex VI is not obviously related either to what precedes or to what follows. It is a heavily metaphorical exposition of the origin, condition, and ultimate destiny of the soul. The work is substantially well preserved, although there are lacunae of several lines at the top of...
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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 3 |
| Series/Journal: | BrillOnline Reference Works
Coptic Gnostic Library |
| Further subjects: | B
Gnostic literature
B Coptic manuscripts (Papyri) B Nag Hammadi Codices |
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| Summary: | The third tractate of Codex VI is not obviously related either to what precedes or to what follows. It is a heavily metaphorical exposition of the origin, condition, and ultimate destiny of the soul. The work is substantially well preserved, although there are lacunae of several lines at the top of the first seven pages. Because of the lacuna on p. 22 it is impossible to ascertain whether a title stood at the beginning as well as at the end, and if it did, whether the title was the same in both places. The preceding tractate (VI,2) has a title only at the beginning, the following (VI,4), at both beginning and end. In translating the title at the end—which is unusually anarthrous—the words ... have been understood on the model of several Hermetic and other titles using ... it is possible, however, that it refers to the role of the medicinal ... mentioned several times in the tractate itself |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004228900_cgl_aAT |