The Apocalypse of Adam.

by Joseph Klaus

The Apocalypse of Adam was found in 1945 among the codices of the Nag Hammadi library (codex V) and is a Gnostic treatise written in Coptic. It does not necessarily have any connection with Christianity. Consequently, we wonder if it is really a text of Christian Gnosticism or an example of Jewish Gnosticism. It is one of the Setian texts. Adam, in his 700th year of life, tells his son Seth how he obtained the knowledge of the eternal God Eve and that he and she are indeed more powerful than their supposed creator. But this knowledge was lost in autumn when the lower Creator - Demiurgh - separated them. Adam then tells how three mysterious strangers caused Seth's generation and the preservation of this knowledge. Adam then prophesies at length about the attempts of the Inferior Creator God to destroy mankind, among them the prophecy about the great flood and an attempt to destroy by fire, but that the great illuminator will come before the end. And when he comes, thirteen kingdoms will proclaim thirteen contrasting legends about his birth, but only the "generation without a king" will proclaim the truth. In non-gnostic traditions, the beautiful words of Adam to Seth are found in "Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan," "Life of Adam and Eve," and "Testament of Adam.

Genres: Religion

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 5, 2020

About the author

Rev. Joseph Klaus

Reviews

[Xenia Ramos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short book

Overall interesting, some of the phrases and terms are slightly difficult to keep up with but overall a nice 10/15 minute read.

[Santiago González · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesante, es un texto gnóstico más judío que cristiano (aunque critica el bautismo a favor del "verdadero bautismo de conocimiento eterno").
A mí me parece que es más un testamento que apocalipsis, pero tiene de todo y ya hay un "testamento de Adán". Está bien para conocer el gnosticismo, sobre todo la transformación entre el judío y el cristiano

[Janet Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting read

Eye opening book. Not for everyone. Very interesting read. Things that I’ve thought about before reading this book are clear to me after reading this book. Again, not for everyone.

[Mufti · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/10

Suffers from incoherence which might be due to the gnostic context of the text being lost. Nontheless an odd by product of the fusion of judaism, hellenic paganism and Plato.