Rethinking the Rethinking of the Nag Hammadi Codices
Issue: Vol 45 No. 2 (2016)
Journal: Bulletin for the Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
Abstract:
A brief response to five essays in response to my article (co-authored with Justine Blount), "Rethinking the Origin of the Nag Hammadi Codices," JBL 133 (2014): 399-419.
Author: Nicola Denzey Lewis
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