Public Domain Translations of the Nag Hammadi Codices
The Nag Hammadi Codices were produced in Egypt in the fourth century, subsequently buried, and then rediscovered in 1945. The following new English translations have been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose. The tractates translated by Samuel Zinner have been commissioned by Other Gospels.
(For online French translations that are not in the public domain, see Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi).
Codex I (The Jung Codex)
NHC I, 1 The Prayer of Paul, the Apostle
NHC I, 2 The Secret Book of James
NHC I, 3 The Gospel of Truth
NHC I, 4 Treatise on the Resurrection
NHC I, 5 The Tripartate Tractate
Codex II
NHC II, 1 The Secret Writing According to John
NHC II, 2 The Gospel of Thomas
NHC II, 3 The Gospel of Philip
NHC II, 4 The Substance of the Archons
NHC II, 5 On the Origin of the World
NHC II, 6 The Exegesis on the Soul
NHC II, 7 The Book of Thomas the Contender
Codex III
NHC III, 1 The Secret Writing According to John
NHC III, 2 The Sacred Book of the Great Unseen Spirit
NHC III, 3 Eugnostos the Blessed
NHC III, 4 The Sophia of Jesus Christ
NHC III, 5 The Dialogue of the Savior
Codex IV
NHC IV, 1 The Secret Writing According to John
NHC IV, 2 The Sacred Book of the Great Unseen Spirit
Codex V
NHC V, 1 Eugnostos
NHC V, 2 The Apocalypse of Paul
NHC V, 3 The First Apocalypse of James
NHC V, 4 The Second Apocalypse of James
NHC V, 5 The Apocalypse of Adam
Codex VI
NHC VI, 1 The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
NHC VI, 2 The Thunder, Perfect Mind
NHC VI, 3 The Authentic Logos (a.k.a. The Authoritative Teaching)
NHC VI, 4 The Idea of Our Great Power
NHC VI, 5 Plato’s Republic
NHC VI, 6 The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
NHC VI, 7 The Prayer of Thanksgiving
NHC VI, 8 Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse
Codex VII
NHC VII, 1 The Paraphrase of Shem
NHC VII, 2 The Second Discourse of the Great Seth
NHC VII, 3 The Apocalypse of Peter
NHC VII, 4 The Teachings of Silvanus
NHC VII, 5 The Three Steles of Seth
Codex VIII
NHC VIII, 1 Zostrianos
NHC VIII, 2 The Letter of Peter to Philip
Codex IX
NHC IX, 1 Melchizedek
NHC IX, 2 The Thought of Norea
NHC IX, 3 The Testimony of Truth
Codex X
NHC X Marsanes
Codex XI
NHC XI, 1 The Interpretation of Knowledge
NHC XI, 2 A Valentinian Exposition and Liturgical Readings
NHC XI, 3 Allogenes
NHC XI, 4 Hypsiphrone
Codex XII
NHC XII, 1 The Sentences of Sextus
NHC XII, 2 The Gospel of Truth
NHC XII, 3 Fragments
Codex XIII
NHC XIII, 1 Trimorphic Protennoia
NHC XIII, 2 On the Origin of the World
Related Codices
The Tchacos Codex
TC, 1 The Letter of Peter to Philip
TC, 2 James
TC, 3 The Gospel of Judas
TC, 4 The Book of Allogenes
TC, 5 Corpus Hermeticum XIII, On Rebirth
For more on the Tchacos Codex, see Overcoming Personal Demons: A new translation of the Tchacos Codex by Mark M. Mattison.
The Berlin Codex (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502 or BG 8502)
BG 8502, 1 The Gospel of Mary
BG 8502, 2 The Secret Writing According to John
BG 8502, 3 The Sophia of Jesus Christ
BG 8502, 4 The Act of Peter, translated by James Brashler and Douglas M. Parrott in James M. Robinson, ed., The Nag Hammadi Library, revised edition (HarperCollins, 1990); not in the public domain.
