ReViews: Search for Fertilizer Yields Coptic Treasure

This massive work tells the story of one of the most important manuscript finds ever discovered in Egypt—the Nag Hammadi Codices. The 13 papyrus codices inscribed in the Coptic language were discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt in 1945. James M. Robinson, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate University and author of this book, writes in his capacity as Permanent Secretary of the International Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices, nominated by UNESCO and appointed by the Arab Republic of Egypt. The International Committee held its first meeting in Cairo in December 1970, when it was decided […]