The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – The Paraphrase of Shem

An apocalypse, revelation given by Derdekeas the son of infinite light, to Shem the son of Noah. A fictional narrative describes Shem’s ecstatic ascent to the summit of creation and his awakening. Consist of cosmology [origin of the universe] and anthropogony [study of human origins]. An account of the flood. Destruction of Sodom. Shem’s mission on Earth. It is a very long passage.

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Set of early Christianity and Gnostics codices in a jar at the base of the Jabal al-Tarif cliffs, Nag Hammadi in Egypt around C200 AD.
Originally written in Greek and translated into Coptic.
Book: The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Marvin W. Meyer (Editor), Elaine H. Pagels (Introduction), James M. Robinson (Contributor)