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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Spring 2011 Grad Study: Nag Hammadi Library

Graduate students and friends will study the Nag Hammadi codices this spring. The primary text for the study will be The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts, edited by Marvin Meyer. A sketch of the semester's study follows.

  • January 18 - Meet & Greet
  • January 25 - Preface (p xi-xiii), Introduction (p1-13)
  • February 1 - Snow Day
  • February 8 - Thomas Christianity (777-783), Book of Thomas (p235-246)
  • February 15 - Gospel of Thomas (p133-156)
  • February 22 - Dialogue of the Savior (p297-312)
  • March 1 - The Sethian School of Gnostic Thought (p784-789), Gospel of Judas (p755-770)
  • March 8 - Mardi Gras Break
  • March 15 - Secret Book of John (p103-132)
  • March 22 - Spring Break
  • March 29 - Melchizedek (p595-606)
  • April 5 - The Valentinian School of Gnostic Thought (p790-794), Tripartite Tractate part 1 (p57-77)
  • April 12 - Tripartite Tractate part 2 (p77-102)
  • April 19 - Gospel of Philip (p157-186)
  • April 26 - Hermetic Religion (p795-798), Prayer of Thanksgiving (p419-424)
  • May 3 - Gospel of Mary (p737-748)
  • May 10 - Meet at Jarlings

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