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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2024
Print publication year:
2024
Online ISBN:
9781009441483
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Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC
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Book description

Since their discovery in 1945, the Nag Hammadi Codices have generated questions and scholarly debate as to their date and function. Paul Linjamaa contributes to the discussion by offering insights into previously uncharted aspects pertinent to the materiality of the manuscripts. He explores the practical implementation of the texts in their ancient setting through analyses of codicological aspects, paratextual elements, and scribal features. Linjamaa's research supports the hypothesis that the Nag Hammadi texts had their origins in Pachomian monasticism. He shows how Pachomian monks used the texts for textual edification, spiritual development and pedagogical practices. He also demonstrates that the texts were used for perfecting scribal and editorial practice, and that they were used as protective artefacts containing sacred symbols in the continuous monastic warfare against evil spirits. Linjamaa's application of new material methods provides clues to the origins and use of ancient texts, and challenges preconceptions about ancient orthodoxy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Contents

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  • The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers
    pp i-ii
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Contents
    pp v-vii
  • Figures
    pp viii-viii
  • Acknowledgements
    pp ix-x
  • Note on Transcription and Translation
    pp xi-xii
  • Abbreviations
    pp xiii-xiv
  • Introduction
    pp 1-22
  • The Provenance Controversy
  • 1 - Christian Book Culture, New Philology and Gnosticism
    pp 23-48
  • 2 - The Find Story and the Ethics of Postmodern Manuscript Archaeology
    pp 49-67
  • 3 - The Construction of Codex I: Scribal Errors as Clues to Context
    pp 68-84
  • 4 - Notes Made by Monks: The Marginal Markings in Codex I and Codex VIII
    pp 85-119
  • 5 - Vowel Constellations and Secret Language
    pp 120-167
  • 6 - The Sacred Symbols in the Nag Hammadi Codices: Books as Weapons in Demonic War
    pp 168-186
  • 7 - Textual Fluidity and Multiple Versions in Monastic Textual Practice
    pp 187-223
  • Conclusion: The Nag Hammadi Codices from a ‘Textual Community’ Perspective
    pp 224-233
  • Bibliography
    pp 234-260
  • Index
    pp 261-266

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