Work
Apocalypse of Adam
Overview
The Apocalypse of Adam is a Sethian Gnostic apocalyptic writing. It is the fifth tractate in Codex V of the Nag Hammadi library, transcribed in Coptic. The date of the original work has been a point of scholarly contention because the writing lacks Christian themes and other explicit allusions. Thus, the Gnostic redeemer in the text may have been pre-Christian and influenced later New Testament writings. The text provides an interpretation of the Genesis account of creation, describes the descent of a heavenly illuminator of knowledge, and ends with an apocalyptic prophecy.
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Related ideas
- Monad (Gnosticism)
- Gnosticism
- Book of Genesis
- Sethianism
- Angel
- Nag Hammadi library
- New Testament
- Noah
- Solomon
- Adam
- Baptism
- Coptic language
- Seth
- Christianity
- Apocalypse
- Egypt
Place in the tradition
Part of Gnosticism.