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Codex XI

Nag Hammadi Codex XI contains four tractates, including the Interpretation of Knowledge, Allogenes, and the Valentinian Exposition.|||Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo.|||Copied in the 4th century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian and Valentinian Gnostic in orientation.|||Contains the Interpretation of Knowledge, a Valentinian Exposition, Allogenes, and Hypsiphrone.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Hedrick, C. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices XI, XII, XIII. Brill, 1990.|||Turner, J. D. " Allogenes." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||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.|||" I saw the One who is the source of all things, the incomprehensible One." — Allogenes (NHC XI,3)

Collection: Nag Hammadi Library Canon: varies

Canon Status

Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian and Valentinian Gnostic in orientation.

Date & Provenance

Copied in the 4th century CE.

Language & Manuscripts

Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo.

Why It Matters for Study

Contains the Interpretation of Knowledge, a Valentinian Exposition, Allogenes, and Hypsiphrone.

" I saw the One who is the source of all things, the incomprehensible One." — Allogenes (NHC XI,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.
Hedrick, C. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices XI, XII, XIII. Brill, 1990.
Turner, J. D. " Allogenes." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.