What does Nag Hammadi Library mean?
• NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY (noun) The noun NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY has 1 sense: 1. a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism Familiarity information: NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY used as a noun is very rare.