The Thunder, Perfect Mind

The titled Bronte (Greek "thunder" ) or Perfect Mind -known text is part of the Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of mainly 1945 found in Egypt Gnostic texts. There he appears as a second copy of the Code VI (NHC VI, 2).

Content and classification

The hymn text contains the self-revelation of a female divine being, that describes itself in contradictions and puzzles words:

A classification of the text appears difficult. It was pointed out the similarity of some formulations with the Aretalogien of Isis, for example, the inscription found in Kyme. Unlike Isis spokesperson, however, is not Allgottheit, but describes itself at the outset as a Fully Submitted unspecified power. Other passages recall the description of the condition of the fallen Sophia in Gnostic texts:

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The text appears as an artful merging several shapes and elements. Whether and to what extent it can be called a Gnostic is therefore moot.

The language of the traditional text is Sahidic, a dialect of Coptic. If the text is written in the same language, or - as many other texts of the Nag Hammadi Library - was translated from the Greek, is unclear. The high literary quality can seem a Coptic original as possible.

The eponymous site ( "I am the [ perfect ] mind and the rest of the [ thunder ]. ") Appears on page 18 The reading of the site is unclear.