Hypostasis of the Archons

About This Book

Hypostasis of the Archons, also translated The Reality of the Rulers, is a Gnostic religious text. Originally written in Greek in the second or third century CE, the only known copy is a Coptic translation found in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library. The text is a hybrid of two sources involving Norea, the sister of the biblical Seth. The first half retells the first six chapters of the Book of Genesis, while the second presents a revelation dialog between Norea and the angel Eleleth. The text closely parallels another Gnostic text, On the Origin of the World, which appears alongside it in the second Nag Hammadi codex.

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