Images: Coptic Museum (p. 32, shown here, and p. 110); Claremont Colleges Digital Library (incomplete); Gospel of Thomas (compilation of pages from Gos. Thom.)
Other shelfmark(s): Nag Hammadi Codex II
Physical description: papyrus, 28.4 × 15.8 cm, originally 152 pp. (2 leaves missing), 1 col. 2 blank pages at start and after 48, and 145.
Language(s): Coptic
Date: 4th century
Provenance: Jabal al-Taref, near Nag Hammadi
Contents:
Apocryphon of John (pp. 1–32)
Gospel of Thomas (pp. 32–51)
Gospel of Philip (pp. 51–86)
Reality of the Rulers (pp. 86–97)
On the Origin of the World (pp. 97–127)
Exegesis on the Soul (pp. 127–137)
Book of Thomas the Contender (pp. 138–145)
Additional Contents: none
Catalogs:
Codicological analysis in Bentley Layton, Nag Hammadi Codex II, 2-7: Together with XIII, 2*, Brit. Lib. Or. 4926(1), and P. OXY. 1, 654, 655. 2 vols. NHS 20–21. Leiden: Brill, 1989 (pp. 1–5).
Other online databases: LDAB; PAThs
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 8 May 2019.