Nag Hammadi

Some of the most vivid evidence for these alternative Christianities comes from the Nag Hammadi library, an extraordinary cache of religious texts written in Coptic in the third or fourth centuries and unearthed near Luxor, Egypt, in 1945.

Five Best: Religious Cults In Antiquity Mary Beard 2011

A shooter killed more than half a dozen Copts in front of a church after Christmas eve mass last year in the town of Nag Hammadi.

Egypt’s Coptic Christians Prepare to Celebrate Christmas Eve Mass Amid Tight Security 2011

Nearly a year ago, three gunmen opened fire on parishioners as they left a mass for Coptic Christmas, which Egyptians celebrate in early January, at a church in the southern Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi.

Bomb Hits New Year's Mass in Egypt; 21 Dead Matt Bradley 2011

A year earlier, a gunman killed seven Christians in Nag Hammadi, Upper Egypt, as they left church, triggering days of sectarian violence in the streets there.

Coptic Christians Worry About Future Without Mubarak Marc Champion 2011

My favorite text from Nag Hammadi is the Gospel of Thomas.

Sander Hicks: The Anarchist Jesus of the First Gospel Sander Hicks 2010

In connection with one of my current research projects, I was looking for treatments of baptism and the figure of John the Baptist in the Nag Hammadi texts.

How Did We Ever Manage To Do Research Before? James F. McGrath 2010

My favorite text from Nag Hammadi is the Gospel of Thomas.

Sander Hicks: The Anarchist Jesus of the First Gospel 2010

Even Nag Hammadi has no emphasis on crucifixion correct me if I am wrong.

Mythicist Misunderstanding James F. McGrath 2010

In 1945, in a cave in Nag Hammadi, Eqypt, a shepherd boy found manuscripts that had been buried there almost 1,700 years ago.

Sander Hicks: The Anarchist Jesus of the First Gospel Sander Hicks 2010

In 1945, in a cave in Nag Hammadi, Eqypt, a shepherd boy found manuscripts that had been buried there almost 1,700 years ago.

Sander Hicks: The Anarchist Jesus of the First Gospel 2010