Allogenes

Allogenes, abbreviated Allog, is a Gnostic- sethianische font from the collection of the Nag Hammadi writings. It is obtained as the third official of the eleventh Code ( NHC XI, 3); it has significant gaps. The manuscript is now in the Coptic Museum in Cairo. It is available as a Coptic translation, but had been originally written in Greek safely. She tells of visions and auditions, which were experienced during the ascent into higher spheres. " Allogeneic " (Greek: ' Αλλογενής, " foreign Hefty " ) in this document, the name of Jesus.

Author, origin, dating

The first lines of the work are missing, the original title of the work, however, is delivered at the end as subscriptio. Author and place of composition are unknown. The date of composition is expected to be in the 3rd century. The only known textual witness is from the first half of the 4th century.

Content

Most Allogenes is assigned to the genus, Apocalypse ', which consists of two parts of roughly equal length: