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Zostrianos
Also known as NHC VIII,1
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Sethian ascent apocalypse named by Porphyry among texts Plotinus' circle refuted.
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Zostrianos is a Sethian Gnostic text. It is the first tractate of two in Codex VIII of the Nag Hammadi library. It takes up 132 of the 140 pages in the codex, making Zostrianos the longest tractate of the entire library. However the text is extensively damaged, especially in the center, making the document difficult to fully understand. The Coptic manuscript is a translation of a Greek original, likely written in Alexandria in c. 200 AD. In the text, Zostrianos goes on a heavenly journey and receives divine knowledge from the aeons.
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- Zostrianos · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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