NHC VII, 2 — The Second Discourse of the Great Seth — sourceblocks 11–20
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Work: Nag Hammadi Library
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Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts
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In the whole world as well as in the council of the archons there was a loud commotion accompanied by consternation and agitation. As they witnessed the powerful acts I achieved, some became convinced, those who are offspring of the one who escaped from the throne to Sophia of hope, given that earlier she had signified concerning us and all of those who dwell with me. They belong to the generation of Adonaios. The Ruler of the World and His Collaborators Scheme All of them were walking around, while others rushed to mete out to me every kind of chastisement from the ruler of the world and h…
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- Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts
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- Public domain
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- eng
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- eng
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- 14 complete supplied author-dedicated English Nag Hammadi translations: NHC VII, 2 The Second Discourse of the Great Seth; NHC VII, 3 The Apocalypse of Peter; NHC VII, 4 The Teachings of Silvanus; NHC VIII, 1 Zostrianos; NHC IX, 1 Melchizedek; NHC IX, 2 The Thought of Norea; NHC IX, 3 The Testimony of Truth; NHC X Marsanes; NHC XI, 1 The Interpretation of Knowledge; NHC XI, 2 A Valentinian Exposition and Liturgical Readings; NHC XI, 3 The Stranger; NHC XI, 4 Hypsiphrone; NHC XII, 1 The Sentences of Sextus; NHC XIII, 1 Three Forms of Primal Thought. Each manuscript identifier is its own Reader chapter. All supplied translation words, lacunae, sigla and headings retained; separate Notes/marketing excluded. Prior eight-text anthology and four-witness pair remain public unchanged. This is not every text of the Nag Hammadi Library, no Coptic original or newly generated HSLT claim.
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Recorded provenance: 14 complete supplied author-dedicated English Nag Hammadi translations: NHC VII, 2 The Second Discourse of the Great Seth; NHC VII, 3 The Apocalypse of Peter; NHC VII, 4 The Teachings of Silvanus; NHC VIII, 1 Zostrianos; NHC IX, 1 Melchizedek; NHC IX, 2 The Thought of Norea; NHC IX, 3 The Testimony of Truth; NHC X Marsanes; NHC XI, 1 The Interpretation of Knowledge; NHC XI, 2 A Valentinian Exposition and Liturgical Readings; NHC XI, 3 The Stranger; NHC XI, 4 Hypsiphrone; NHC XII, 1 The Sentences of Sextus; NHC XIII, 1 Three Forms of Primal Thought. Each manuscript identifier is its own Reader chapter. All supplied translation words, lacunae, sigla and headings retained; separate Notes/marketing excluded. Prior eight-text anthology and four-witness pair remain public unchanged. This is not every text of the Nag Hammadi Library, no Coptic original or newly generated HSLT claim.
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