What do the Nag Hammadi writings reveal about early Christianity?
Short answer
Discovered in Egypt in 1945, these Coptic codices preserve texts, many previously known only by name, that show early Christianity was more diverse than later orthodoxy suggests.
Historical context
Many texts are often labeled 'Gnostic', though scholars increasingly question that category.
Dating the original compositions is distinct from dating the surviving copies.
Evidence
Primary sources
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Scholarly literature
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Competing interpretations
- 1.
Suppressed alternatives
Evidence of competing Christianities later marginalized.
- 2.
Later developments
Mostly secondary to earlier traditions.
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