LEADING AUTHOR KEVIN O'DOHERTY RENOWNED FOR THE BEST ACCOUNT OF THE NAG HAMMADI, GNOSTICISM & THE ARCHONS
So What is the Nag Hammadi Library That Kevin O'Doherty Has Written About? Discovered in upper Egypt in 1945, the Nag Hammadi Library serves as a collection of thirteen ancient leather-bound books (referred to as ‘codices’). – These comprise over fifty Coptic texts. This hugely important find incorporates a significant number of primary ‘Gnostic Gospels’ – texts that at one point, were thought to have been completely destroyed during the the early Christian fight to define [and perhaps skillfully mold] ‘orthodoxy.’ Indeed, these texts are viewed as "part of the heretical' apocryphal literature the early church rejected from the *New Testament canon. These scriptures include the Gospel of Truth, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Thomas" [1, 2]. (* The agreed-upon collection of 27 books which the Christian church embraces as divinely inspired scripture, and the standard for Christian conduct and faith.) Synopsis: Secrets of the Egyptian Nag Hammadi: Re...




