Coptic Gospel of Egypt

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The so-called Coptic Gospel of Egypt (actually, after its second title, "The Egyptian Gospel") or the Gospel of Egypt from Nag Hammadi is an apocryphal Gospel handed down in the Coptic language . It has come down to us in two variants within the Nag Hammadi writings and presumably represents the translation of a Greek original.

Its actual title is The Holy Book of the Great, Invisible Spirit and is attributed to the Setian Gnosis . As the son of (heavenly) Adam, Set is one of the powers of light. Through him the lower world of light is connected to the invisible spirit. The incarnation of Seth in Jesus Christ leads to the redemption of the Seth family, baptism is interpreted as rebirth into the invisible spirit.

The Coptic Gospel of Egypt does not agree with the Greek Gospel of Egypt , which is only passed down in a few fragments of quotations from Clement of Alexandria and Origen .

literature

  • Gerd Lüdemann , Martina Janßen (transl.): The Bible of the heretics. The Gnostic Scriptures from Nag Hammadi - First complete German translation . Radius, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-87173-128-5 .
  • Alexander Böhlig , Frederik Wisse (ed. And transl.), Pahor Labib (arrangement): Nag Hammadi Codices III, 2 and IV, 2: The Gospel of the Egyptians (The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit) (= Nag Hammadi Studies, Volume 4), Brill, Leiden 1975.

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