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Codex I (Jung Codex)

Nag Hammadi Codex I, also known as the Jung Codex, is one of the thirteen codices discovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945. It contains five tractates, including the Gospel of Truth and the Tripartite Tractate.|||Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. Purchased by the Jung Institute of Zurich in 1952. Now in the Coptic Museum, Cairo.|||Copied in the 4th century CE. The texts we're composed between the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Gnostic in orientation.|||Contains the Prayer of the Apostle Paul, the Apocryphon of James, the Gospel of Truth, the Treatise on the Resurrection, and the Tripartite Tractate.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Attridge, H. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codex I (The Jung Codex). Brill, 1985.|||Pagels, E. The Gnostic Gospels. Random House, 1979.|||Nag Hammadi Library — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html|Complete texts and introductions.;; Early Christian Writings — Nag Hammadi|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/naghammadi.html|Indexed texts and scholarly resources.|||" The gospel of truth is joy for those who have received from the Father of truth the grace of knowing him." — Gospel of Truth 16:31 (NHC I,3)

Collection: Nag Hammadi Library Canon: varies

Canon Status

Not canonical in any tradition. Gnostic in orientation.

Date & Provenance

Copied in the 4th century CE. The texts we're composed between the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE.

Language & Manuscripts

Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. Purchased by the Jung Institute of Zurich in 1952. Now in the Coptic Museum, Cairo.

Why It Matters for Study

Contains the Prayer of the Apostle Paul, the Apocryphon of James, the Gospel of Truth, the Treatise on the Resurrection, and the Tripartite Tractate.

" The gospel of truth is joy for those who have received from the Father of truth the grace of knowing him." — Gospel of Truth 16:31 (NHC I,3)

Read the Text & External Resources

Public-domain translations and scholarly databases where the text can be read online or downloaded.

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Further Reading

Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.
Attridge, H. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codex I (The Jung Codex). Brill, 1985.
Pagels, E. The Gnostic Gospels. Random House, 1979.