NOUN
- a town in Upper Egypt
- 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
How To Use Nag Hammadi In A Sentence
- Government officials say they have stepped up security for a Coptic festival that about two million Christians are expected to attend in Luxor, south of Nag Hammadi. Al-Qaida Threatens Christians in Egypt, Elsewhere in Middle East
- They called their gospels heresy, and the Nag Hammadi texts were hidden for two thousand years. Change of Heart
- Platonism and Hermetism are discussed in the Nag Hammadi collection, but there is no urge toward "world destruction" or even the deliberate disruption of the social order.
- Nag Hammadi is the source of the off-label gospels the pope and his merry minions since the 4th century have tried to prevent the rest of us from reading. A Sense Of Whimsy, And Funking It Up
- The novelist incorrectly refers to the Nag Hammadi documents as scrolls; they are actually codices.
