[(The Nag Hammadi Library: Definitive Translation of the Gnostic Scriptures )] [Author: James M. Robinson] [Jan-1998]

This edition, with ten additional years of research and critical work, a revised general introduction, and an afterword discussing Gnosticism'\u2019s modern relevance to the initial publication, is the only one-volume collection of the secret Gnostic writings from the time of Christ.

The Nag Hammadi Library was discovered in 1945 buried in a large stone jar in the desert outside the modern Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi.