Selected Gospels
Though there are many documents that could be included among the gnostic gospels, the term most commonly refers to the following:
- Gospel of Mary (recovered in 1896)
- Gospel of Thomas (versions found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in 1898, and again in the Nag Hammadi Library)
- Gospel of Truth (Nag Hammadi Library)
- Gospel of Philip (Nag Hammadi Library) 4 Period
- Gospel of Judas (recovered via the antiquities black market in 1983, and then reconstructed in 2006)
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