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Symbols [ ] Gap in the text (known as a “lacuna”) [69] Page number of the Coptic codex (hyperlinked) [69] The book [concerning those things] seen [by] Hypsiphrone, being [revealed] in the place of [her] virginity. [And she heeds] her brothers and sisters [...] Phainops and [...], and they speak [with each other] with a [mystery]. Now I [was of the first] rank [70] [...] me. I abandoned [the place] of my [virginity] and I went out into the [world]. [Then I] was informed [about] these things by those who dwell in the [place] of my [virginity]. And I went down [to the world], and they said to [me, “Once more] Hypsiphrone [has abandoned] the [place of her] virginity.” Then he [who] heard, Phainops, [who breathes] into [her fountain of] blood, spread himself [out] for her. [And] he said, “[I am Phai]n[ops ...] [71] veer away [...] desire of [... those] remnants, or that I may see a [person, of blood-likeness or ...] of a [... fire] and a [... in] his hands. Then [I said to] him, “Ph[ainops] has not [come] on me; he [has not] veered away.” [...] [I] saw a person [...] him […] [72] [...] For [...] what he said [...] Phainops this [...]. I saw him and [he said] to me, “Hypsiphrone, [why do you avoid] me? [Follow me] and I will instruct [you about these things].” So I followed [him], for [I] was in [great] fear. And he told [me] about a fountain of [blood] that is [revealed by] burning [...] he said [...].

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Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts

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Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Coptic; many works reflect Greek antecedents

Recorded completeness: 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.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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14 chapter/reading unit(s) · 121 nonempty passage record(s).

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NHC-VII-2 · 6 passage record(s)
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NHC-XI-4 · 1 passage record(s)
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Classification: Noncanonical late-antique comparative collection
Edition type: Translation
Original language (catalog): Coptic; many works reflect Greek antecedents
Reading language: eng
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Edition source: Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts

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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