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Welcome!
Dear Visitor,
I am happy to welcome you to the web site of the Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi,
devoted to the critical edition and French translation of the Coptic manuscript
collection discovered in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt.
In this section, you will find French translations of all the writings found in
the Nag Hammadi collection, the so-called Coptic Gnostic Library. Please note, however,
that the translations found here are provisional and subject to modification. In
fact, a revised version of these texts has been recently published in the Écrits
gnostiques volume of the distinguished Bibliothèque de la Pléiade collection
(published by Gallimard, December 2007), a volume that we recommend to the interested
reader. As you will see from our site, the translations of most of these texts,
accompanied by detailed introductions, commentaries and critical notes, can be found
in the volumes published by the Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi team, although
these works are intended for a somewhat more specialized audience, rather than for
the general reader.
You will find here not only up to date information on the progress of our publication
project, but also succinct information on the nature and importance of this manuscript
collection, as well as summaries of the different documents which it contains. In
addition, you will find a short history of our project, our newsletter and the address
of the different authors.
Anyone wishing to pursue studies at the postdoctoral level or research activities
at Université Laval will find useful addresses for obtaining all the required information.
In addition to the financial support provided by Université Laval, the Groupe de
recherche sur le christianisme et l’Antiquité tardive is able to offer scholarships
of up to $18 000 per year to graduate students, from Canada or elsewhere.
Wishing you a profitable search of our site, I warmly welcome you,
Louis Painchaud, Ph.D.
Professeur titulaire
Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses
Institut d’études anciennes
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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