The secret books of the Egyptian Gnostics
Subtitle: an introduction to the Gnostic Coptic manuscripts discovered at Chenoboskion.
By: [Translation by Philip Mairet] With an English translation and critical evaluation of the Gospel according to Thomas.
Contributors: Mairet, Philip, 1886- tr.; Johnston, Leonard, tr.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Gnosticism
Other titles: Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel). English.
Description: This firsthand account of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices includes the first complete publication of the documents.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
"The Gospel according to Thomas ... rendered into English from the French by the Rev. Leonard Johnston."