Allogenes

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Allogenes is a Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The main surviving copies come from the Nag Hammadi library, though there are many missing lines. A small fragment also survives in the more recently discovered Codex Tchacos, which may prove mildly useful in filling the gaps.

The text concerns revelations to Allogenes.^[1] Allogenes proceeds to describe how he overcame fear and ignorance, and ascended to the esoteric realm of the God of the Gnostics.

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1. ^ Greek: ἀλλογενὴς (allogenēs), used in the Septuagint, meaning "[from a] different family/nation"

[edit] References

• Online text of the Allogenes
• Gnosticism and Platonism: The Platonizing Sethian texts from Nag Hammadi in their Relation to Later Platonic Literature John D Turner, ISBN 0-7914-1338-1.