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The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of religious texts that vary widely from each other as to when, where, and by whom they were written. Even the points of view diverge to such an extent that the texts are not to be thought of as coming from one group or movement.

James M. Robinson, “Introduction,” in The Nag Hammadi Library in English, ed. James M. Robinson, 3rd rev. ed. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1988), 1.

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