Books of Jeu

The Books of Jeu are gnostic manuscripts.

Efforts at dating

The books are estimated as written during a period spanning 100 A.D to 300 A.D (approximately), in the time of the Roman rule of Egypt.[1] perhaps toward the latter end of this period.[2]

Contents

It seems probable that the Gnostic texts were written intended for the involvement of initiatory rituals.[3]

The writings are in two books and are stated as taken from the speech of Jesus (of Nazareth) to an unknown number of disciples at a time after the former's rising from the dead . [2]

Context

The books are a part of the Bruce Codex (located within the Bodleian Library), and were originally written in the Coptic language.[4]

See also

Image

A typical page from the 1st book of Jeu

References

Further reading

Books of Jeu and the Untitled Text in the Bruce Codex (Nag Hammadi Studies) by Violet MacDermot (translator)(1978) retrieved 22/10/2011

External links


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