Read The Nag Hammadi Library

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Made available here is an inspiring selection of some of The Nag Hammadi Library texts, which contain information about the apostles, about Jesus and many esoteric mysteries.

Some titles are linked to The Gnostic Society Library, which have the English translations of this collection published on their website. Others can be downloaded directly from this page. Further below, you can read about and download three of the most famous gospels. In a few of the texts, sections have been lost due to age and deterioration of the manuscripts.



The Apocalypse of Paul
The Gospel of Truth

The following texts recount events and insights from the lives and experiences of some of the apostles:

The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
The (First) Apocalypse of James
The (Second) Apocalypse of James
The Apocalypse of Peter
The Letter of Peter to Philip

The scriptures below contain the amazing sayings of Jesus, as well as further information about his life:

The Apocryphon of James
(Williams translation)
(Cameron translation)

The Book of Thomas the Contender
The Dialogue of the Savior
The Gospel of Philip

The Gospel of Thomas
(Patterson & Meyer translation)
(Lambdin translation)
(Patterson & Robinson translation)

More Christian Gnostic texts

The Pistis Sophia Unveiled
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
The Gospel of Judas