Editing Apocalypse of Adam (section)

{{Short description|Sethian Gnostic apocalyptic writing}}
{{Gnosticism}}
{{Distinguish|Testament of Adam}}
The '''Apocalypse of Adam''' is a [[Sethianism|Sethian]] [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] writing.<ref name="nhl">{{cite book |last1=MacRae |first1=George W. |title=The Nag Hammadi library in English |date=March 1981 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=San Francisco |isbn=9780060669294 |pages=256 |url=https://archive.org/details/naghammadilibrar00jame/page/256/mode/2up |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="novum">{{cite journal |last1=Parrott |first1=Douglas M. |title=The 13 Kingdoms of the Apocalypse of Adam: Origin, Meaning and Significance |journal=Novum Testamentum |date=1989 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=67–87 |doi=10.1163/156853689X00153 |url=https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/the-13-kingdoms-of-the-apocalypse-of-adam-origin-meaning-and-M8AUtGIyVb |access-date=24 February 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is the fifth [[Masekhet|tractate]] in [[Codex]] V of the [[Nag Hammadi library]],<ref name="novum"/><ref name="clare">{{cite web |last1=Hedrick |first1=Charles W. |title=Apocalypse of Adam |url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/160/ |website=The Coptic encyclopedia, volume 1 |publisher=Claremont Graduate University. School of Religion |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> transcribed in [[Coptic language|Coptic]].<ref name="hey">{{cite journal |last1=MacRae |first1=George W. |title=THE COPTIC GNOSTIC APOCALYPSE OF ADAM |journal=The Heythrop Journal |date=January 1965 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=27–35 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2265.1965.tb01071.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2265.1965.tb01071.x |access-date=24 February 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The date of the original work has been a point of scholarly contention because the writing lacks [[Christianity|Christian]] themes<ref name="nhl"/> and other explicit allusions.<ref name="jstor">{{cite journal |last1=Carroll |first1=Scott T. |title=The "Apocalypse of Adam" and Pre-Christian Gnosticism |journal=Vigiliae Christianae |date=September 1990 |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=263 |doi=10.2307/1583698 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1583698 |access-date=24 February 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Thus, the Gnostic redeemer in the text may have been pre-Christian and influenced later [[New Testament]] writings.<ref name="jstor"/> The text provides an interpretation of the [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] account of creation, describes the descent of a heavenly illuminator of knowledge, and ends with an apocalyptic [[prophecy]].<ref name="clare"/>