Gospel of Thomas, usually dated to the late 1st or early 2nd century, was also among the finds in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945.
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The text was found among those included in The Nag Hammadi Library, in Ogdoad, and how the destiny of man is affected by these primeval happenings.
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Works or fragments may survive, either found by archaeologists, or accidentally by anyone, as in the case of the spectacular find of the Nag Hammadi library scrolls.
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The original language of the poem was Greek, though only a Coptic version survives in the Nag Hammadi library; the manuscript resides in the Cairo Coptic museum.
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Apart from the Classical Christian writers against heresy, his sources on Gnosticism were secondary, since the texts in the Nag Hammadi library were not yet widely available.
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The 2003 Oxford Classical Texts edition by Slings even cites the Coptic translation of a fragment of the " Republic " in the Nag Hammadi library as evidence.
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A collection of early Gnostic scripts dating on or before the 4th century, discovered in 1945 and known as the Nag Hammadi library, contains a tractate pertaining to Melchizedek.
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In the Apocryphon of John ( several versions of which are found in the Nag Hammadi library ), the Demiurge has the name " Yaltabaoth ", and proclaims himself as God:
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Aside from these primary sources, everything written about Gnosticism before the Nag Hammadi library became available is based on quotes, characterizations, and caricatures in the writings of the enemies of Gnosticism.
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On the occasion of Labib's 70th birthday, the Committee of the Nag Hammadi Library organized a special celebration and published a book in his honor, to which twenty-one international distinguished Coptologists contributed.
