New Online Database. Through consultation and collaboration with colleagues in the department the Library has recently arranged access to the Coptic Gnostic Library Online, ensuring ready online availability to the only authoritative edition of many of the Coptic writings of the Gnostics from the first centuries AD. Effectively the primary resource for all research into ancient Gnosticism, the collection brings together all the texts of the Nag Hammadi codices, material considered of equivalent importance to the Dead Sea Scrolls in bringing to light a wealth of information and insights into early Judaism and the roots of Christianity. The purpose-built database incorporates enhanced search facilities, full scholarly notation, and an invaluable option to display text and translation in parallel. As ever pointers to further discipline-based resources can be found on the Library's Religions & Theology subject guide and in particular the databases section where the new purchase is highlighted.
