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Allogenes the StrangerCodex ISO Edition 014 · The Complete Surviving Text
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Allogenes the Stranger

Codex ISO Edition 014 · The Complete Surviving Text

A revelation text in which Youel addresses the Stranger through five discourses, followed by a hundred-year preparation, a contemplative ascent and extended reflection on the Unknowable One. This edition prints every surviving passage of NHC XI,3, retains all thirteen source notes and keeps the separate Codex Tchacos work outside its scope.

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Context without the mythology.

Codex ISO separates the surviving evidence from later interpretation, so you can encounter the text without being told what to believe about it first.

01 / Historical context

Survives in Coptic as Nag Hammadi Codex XI,3, manuscript pages 45-69. Its first surviving sentence is damaged; its conclusion and closing title, The Stranger, remain.

02 / Why it matters

Read the complete surviving witness with its damaged opening and manuscript identity kept clear.

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““O Stranger, look at your blessedness, how it endures in silence.””
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What is Allogenes the Stranger?

A revelation text in which Youel addresses the Stranger through five discourses, followed by a hundred-year preparation, a contemplative ascent and extended reflection on the Unknowable One. This edition prints every surviving passage of NHC XI,3, retains all thirteen source notes and keeps the separate Codex Tchacos work outside its scope.

What survives of Allogenes the Stranger?

Survives in Coptic as Nag Hammadi Codex XI,3, manuscript pages 45-69. Its first surviving sentence is damaged; its conclusion and closing title, The Stranger, remain.

Where can I read Allogenes the Stranger?

Codex ISO Edition 014 is a source-aware digital PDF edition available on this page for £1.99.

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