1. Nag Hammadi - Noun
2. Nag Hammadi - Proper noun
a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
a town in Upper Egypt
Source: WordNetAccording to some biblical scholars, the findings at Nag Hammadi have shown Irenaeus' description of Gnosticism to be largely inaccurate and polemic in nature. Source: Internet
In the Apocryphon of John (several versions of which are found in the Nag Hammadi library), the Demiurge has the name " Yaltabaoth ", and proclaims himself as God: : Now the archon who is weak has three names. Source: Internet
Mahmoud Pasha Hammadi created Nag Hammadi for the indigenous people from Sohag who were forced to abandon their homeland by the British occupation. Source: Internet
Nag Hammadi massacre main The city was the site of the Nag Hammadi massacre in January 2010, wherein eight Coptic Christians were shot dead by three men. Source: Internet
Other names The Nag Hammadi copy of the Gospel of Thomas begins: "These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded." Source: Internet
Scholarship on Gnosticism has been greatly advanced by the discovery and translation of the Nag Hammadi texts, which shed light on some of the more puzzling comments by Plotinus and Porphyry regarding the Gnostics. Source: Internet