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The Paraphrase of Shem

Shem is taken up to the heights and shown the war between Light, Spirit, and Darkness

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Tradition: Non-Sethian Gnostic apocalypse
Translation: Frederik Wisse / Michel Roberge (composite)
License: Public domain / scholarly composite. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.
Codex: Nag Hammadi Library
Source: www.gnosis.org

Nag Hammadi Codex VII,1. Shem here is the son of Noah; the cosmogony is unusual and pre-dates much of the Sethian system.

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