The Apocalypse of Adam: A Literary and Source Analysis

by Charles W. Hedrick

Book Overview

The 'Apocalypse of Adam' was discovered among the papyri from the ancient gnostic library at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1946. It is a revelatory discourse that Adam delivers to his son Seth. This discourse is the fifth and final tractate in Nag Hammadi Codex V. The manuscript is now in the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo (codex inv. no. 10548). In Part I of this significant treatment, Hedrick analyzes the sources that lay behind this work, the redaction, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597523860
• ISBN13: 9781597523868
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.5"