The Dialogue of the Savior

Nag Hammadi Edition

The Dialogue of the Savior presents Jesus in private conversation with three disciples — Matthew, Judas (not Iscariot), and Mary Magdalene. The conversation ranges across questions of creation, death, the nature of light, and how the soul escapes the material world. Mary Magdalene speaks as an equal, and her understanding exceeds the male disciples. At one point, the text says she spoke as a woman

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Edition009

FormatDigital PDF

Editorial statusIn review

TraditionGnostic Gospels

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01 / Historical context

Written mid-2nd century. Contains teachings of Jesus absent from all canonical gospels. Buried circa 390 AD, recovered at Nag Hammadi 1945.

02 / Why it matters

Parts of this were deliberately destroyed before it was buried. What remains is still extraordinary.

From / associated with the text

““Pray in the place where there is no woman. Destroy the works of womanhood.””

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The Dialogue of the Savior

Context without the mythology.

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