The Nag Hammadi Codices as Monastic Books

doi:10.1628/978-3-16-162233-5

The Nag Hammadi Codices as Monastic Books

Edited by Hugo Lundhaug and Christian H. Bull

[Die Nag Hammadi Kodizes als monastische Bücher.]

2023. XIII, 384 pages.

Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity (STAC) 134

DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-162233-5

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On the basis of recent research indicating that the Nag Hammadi Codices were produced and used by early Egyptian monks, the articles in this volume ask how and why monks would have read the texts contained in these codices.

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Hugo Lundhaug Born 1970; 2000 Cand. philol. from the University of Oslo; 2007 Dr. art. in the History of Religions from the University of Bergen; Professor of Theology (Biblical Reception and Early Christian Literature) at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Theology.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-7198

Christian H. Bull Born 1978; 2003 Cand. philol. from the University of Bergen; 2014 Dr. art. in the History of Religions from the University of Bergen; Associate Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0054-8052