Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Nature of the Hoard
12 codices
Contain 52 tractates (51 bound and one unbound)
The unbound tractate, formerly ‘Codex XIII,’ was found inside the front cover of Codex VI
Comprise at least parts of 1139 pages of text
Written in Coptic.
Dated to the 4th C AD.
Principally gnostic – ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2026
I said previously that the narrative virtues, being associated with the literary elements that are widely accepted as requirements for fine literature, require little explanation. That little explanation, however, is required. We can begin by noting that the relationship to the listed literary elements is not quite so obvious as ...
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