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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 January 2024
      11 January 2024
      ISBN:
      9781009441483
      9781009441469
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    Since their discovery in 1945, the Nag Hammadi Codices have generated questions and scholarly debate as to their date and function. Paul Linjamaa contributes to the discussion by offering insights into previously uncharted aspects pertinent to the materiality of the manuscripts. He explores the practical implementation of the texts in their ancient setting through analyses of codicological aspects, paratextual elements, and scribal features. Linjamaa's research supports the hypothesis that the Nag Hammadi texts had their origins in Pachomian monasticism. He shows how Pachomian monks used the texts for textual edification, spiritual development and pedagogical practices. He also demonstrates that the texts were used for perfecting scribal and editorial practice, and that they were used as protective artefacts containing sacred symbols in the continuous monastic warfare against evil spirits. Linjamaa's application of new material methods provides clues to the origins and use of ancient texts, and challenges preconceptions about ancient orthodoxy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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    Contents

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    • The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers
      pp i-ii
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Contents
      pp v-vii
    • Figures
      pp viii-viii
    • Acknowledgements
      pp ix-x
    • Note on Transcription and Translation
      pp xi-xii
    • Abbreviations
      pp xiii-xiv
    • Introduction
      pp 1-22
    • The Provenance Controversy
    • 1 - Christian Book Culture, New Philology and Gnosticism
      pp 23-48
    • 2 - The Find Story and the Ethics of Postmodern Manuscript Archaeology
      pp 49-67
    • 3 - The Construction of Codex I: Scribal Errors as Clues to Context
      pp 68-84
    • 4 - Notes Made by Monks: The Marginal Markings in Codex I and Codex VIII
      pp 85-119
    • 5 - Vowel Constellations and Secret Language
      pp 120-167
    • 6 - The Sacred Symbols in the Nag Hammadi Codices: Books as Weapons in Demonic War
      pp 168-186
    • 7 - Textual Fluidity and Multiple Versions in Monastic Textual Practice
      pp 187-223
    • Conclusion: The Nag Hammadi Codices from a ‘Textual Community’ Perspective
      pp 224-233
    • Bibliography
      pp 234-260
    • Index
      pp 261-266

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