The Nag Hammadi Library

Charles River Editors.

The book goes into how the writings involving Essene beliefs were hidden and, over time, damaged. Their discovery is covered along with how some of the papers were destroyed. It also points out how Egypt nationalized all the codices which is interesting especially considering how they have put strong restrictions on examination of the Sphinx and other structures.

The library goes into Gnostic writings and include information on ones such as the Gospel of Thomas (allegedly sayings of Jesus), The Gospel of Truth, The Secret Book of John, the Gospel of Philip and a number of others.

The book also includes some online resources and a bibliography.