Egypt’s capital. The Coptic Museum keeps the Nag Hammadi codices, and Codex Tchacos, which contains the Gospel of Judas and the Stranger’s Book, was by agreement to be deposited there after its restoration. It had been found in Middle Egypt and passed through the antiquities market before its publication in 2006.
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AD 150c. 130–170 (Coptic copy c. 280 ± 60)
The Gospel of Judas
Unknown; tr. Mark M. Mattison
A second-century revelation dialogue, known to Irenaeus and recovered in Coptic in Codex Tchacos, in which Jesus mocks the disciples’ worship and gives Judas secret teaching before the betrayal. A witness to later debates, not to the events.
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AD 2252nd–3rd century (Codex Tchacos, c. 280 ± 60)
The Stranger’s Book (Allogenes, Codex Tchacos)
Unknown; tr. Mark M. Mattison
A damaged Sethian text from Codex Tchacos whose hero, “Stranger”, is tempted by Satan, transfigured in a bright cloud on Mount Tabor and taught to ascend past hostile powers. It reuses Gospel scenes without naming Jesus.
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