nag hammadi

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Nag Hammadi , Nag Hammadi Library