A manuscript of ancient alternative Christian teachings has been found by two researchers from the University of Texas. The manuscript, found at Oxford University, describes Jesus’ relationship with a brother called James. The Greek-language scripture is being labeled as part of the Nag Hammadi Codex, a collection of early Christian writings discovered in Egypt back in 1945. Wrapped in velum, the original documents were uncovered by farmers in the village Nag Hammadi and contain teachings of
Gnosticism, a strand of Christianity that incorporates pre-New Testament doctrine. The newly studied heretical writings, mentioning secret teachings from Jesus to James, described as the Christian messiah’s brother, are believed to date back to the fifth or sixth century. According to Geoffrey Smith, one of the scholars who located the artifacts, very few examples of Gnostic texts in the Greek language still exist. READ MORE
