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The Gospel of Mary is found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex (or Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, as this ancient collection of Gnostic texts is labeled for archival reasons). This very important and well-preserved codex was apparently discovered in the late-nineteenth century somewhere near Akhmim in upper Egypt. It was purchased in 1896 by a German scholar, Dr. Carl Reinhardt, in Cairo and then taken to Berlin.
The book (or "codex", as these ancient books are called) was probably copied and bound in the late fourth or early fifth century. It contains Coptic translations of three very important early Christian Gnostic texts: the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ. The texts themselves date to the second century and were originally authored in Greek. (In academic writing over the last century, this codex is variably and confusingly referenced by scholars as the "Berlin Gnostic Codex", the "Akhmim Codex", PB 8502, and BG 8502).
Despite the importance of the discovery of this ancient collection of Gnostic scriptures, several misfortunes including two world wars delayed its publication until 1955. By then the large Nag Hammadi collection of ancient Gnostic writings had also been recovered. It was found that copies of two of the texts in this codex -- the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ -- had also been preserved in the Nag Hammadi collection. The texts from the Berlin Gnostic Codex were used to aid and augment translations of the Apocryphon of John and the Sophia of Jesus Christ as they now are published in Nag Hammadi Library.
But more importantly, the codex preserves the most complete surviving fragment of the Gospel of Mary (as the text is named in the manuscript, though it is clear this named Mary is the person we call Mary of Magdala). Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary from separate Greek editions were later unearthed in archaeological excavations at Oxyrhynchus in lower Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas were also found at this ancient site; see the Oxyrhynchus and Gospel of Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhynchus.) Finding three fragments of a text of this antiquity is extremely unusual, and it is thus evidenced that the Gospel of Mary was well distributed in early Christian times and existed in both an original Greek and a Coptic language translation.
Unfortunately the surviving manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 -- pages that included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8. The extant text of the Gospel of Mary, as found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, is presented below. The manuscript text begins on page 7, in the middle of a passage.
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The book (or "codex", as these ancient books are called) was probably copied and bound in the late fourth or early fifth century. It contains Coptic translations of three very important early Christian Gnostic texts: the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ. The texts themselves date to the second century and were originally authored in Greek. (In academic writing over the last century, this codex is variably and confusingly referenced by scholars as the "Berlin Gnostic Codex", the "Akhmim Codex", PB 8502, and BG 8502).
Despite the importance of the discovery of this ancient collection of Gnostic scriptures, several misfortunes including two world wars delayed its publication until 1955. By then the large Nag Hammadi collection of ancient Gnostic writings had also been recovered. It was found that copies of two of the texts in this codex -- the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ -- had also been preserved in the Nag Hammadi collection. The texts from the Berlin Gnostic Codex were used to aid and augment translations of the Apocryphon of John and the Sophia of Jesus Christ as they now are published in Nag Hammadi Library.
But more importantly, the codex preserves the most complete surviving fragment of the Gospel of Mary (as the text is named in the manuscript, though it is clear this named Mary is the person we call Mary of Magdala). Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary from separate Greek editions were later unearthed in archaeological excavations at Oxyrhynchus in lower Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas were also found at this ancient site; see the Oxyrhynchus and Gospel of Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhynchus.) Finding three fragments of a text of this antiquity is extremely unusual, and it is thus evidenced that the Gospel of Mary was well distributed in early Christian times and existed in both an original Greek and a Coptic language translation.
Unfortunately the surviving manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 -- pages that included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8. The extant text of the Gospel of Mary, as found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, is presented below. The manuscript text begins on page 7, in the middle of a passage.
* Fullscreen mode.
* Full version of the Gospel of Mary in English translation.
* Easy and simple to use layout with page animations.
* Choose from a wide variety of customisable themes.
* Small lightweight size.
* Contains advertisements, see non-free version for no ads.
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This is pretty bad. The app does not work that well. The app only shows 1 sentence at a time and skips a lot of its own content or refuses to show some of the chapters. Then when you finally start to get into reading 1 sentence at a time the app shuts down which only frustrates the reader. Not built well.
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The bible talks about all of this meaning of missing scriptures Seers are also Prophets, and written works of prophets are considered to be sacred - however: The Book of the Covenant the Bible refers to is missing – Exodus 24:7 The Book of Gad the Seer that the Bible speaks of is missing - 1 Chronicles 29:29 The records of Nathan the prophet are spoken of by the Bible, but are missing - 1 Chronicles 29:29, 2 Chronicles 9:29 The Book of the Wars of the Lord is also spoken of, but is m
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Not the true story. Lies.
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This is a picture of a white women? Why not have a picture to look more like she would of truly looked? Anyway... She gets no credit sadly...
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I wish this wouldn't always crash on my HTC phone, I'd love to read the wisdom within
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Regret the lost pages..awesome. reading about Mary Magdalene!
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Boho ifiok ka duwem
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Wish there had been more
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Gets stuck
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Crashed as soon as I tried to use it.
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I had this gospel once before and lost it storage now I would like to find the Gospel according to Thomas
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Worth reading.
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Please remove privacy issues. SIM card details, log log, location, device model query, etc. I had to uninstall due to these security issues.
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Good one... cut out from bible
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Some of b the most important information left out of the Bible. I am overwhelmed.
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Keeps sticking
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At last our books are found, I recommend u install this and also install book of Enoch, its amazing
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As an app, plenty of GUI improvements could be considered along with a few minor bugs. However the information heavily outweighs the need for such changes. To those who doubt the light of wisdom. If u have eyes then see... The fire has been sewn and it has come to blaze. The reason for discrepancies is that the word of god is not easily translated and understood by the human - clearly! Also they were written in different locations with different languages and different cultures at the helm.. read more Ray
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Gnostic Gospels are interesting to read but untrue. They were common but because had a lot of discrepency were rejected. It no wonder tickles the inquisitive nerve in us.
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The truth shall soon be recognized..
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As an app, plenty of GUI improvements could be considered along with a few minor bugs. However the information heavily outweighs the need for such changes. To those who doubt the light of wisdom. If u have eyes then see... The fire has been sewn and it has come to blaze. The reason for discrepancies is that the word of god is not easily translated and understood by the human - clearly! Also they were written in different locations with different languages and different cultures at the helm.. read more Ray
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Gnostic Gospels are interesting to read but untrue. They were common but because had a lot of discrepency were rejected. It no wonder tickles the inquisitive nerve in us.
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Regrettably, some of the chapters are missing, and accessing the ones that remain could have been made easier, still is well worth reading, despite some of the text seemingly Gnostic in origin. (Also, oddly, I could not get the font size to enlarge beyond teensy letters.)