Mohammed Ali Samman

Mohammed Ali Samman

Mohammed Ali Samman is the person who discovered the Gnostic Gospels of the Nag Hammadi library in December 1945 [ [http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/nag_hammadi.htm The Nag Hammadi discovery of manuscripts ] ] . While digging for fertiliser at the base of the Jabal al-Tarif cliff near the town of Hamrah Dawm, Egypt, he unearthed several papyri in a large earthernware vessel. Unaware of how valuable the find was and disappointed that it was not gold, he disregarded them at first. His mother even used some pages to build a fire for tea. Eventually, he gave the treasure to a priest who sent them off to Cairo to be examined [ [http://www.nag-hammadi.com/history.html The Nag Hammadi Library ] ] .

References

ee also

*Nag Hammadi library
*Nag Hammâdi

External links

*http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/nag_hammadi.htm Discovery of the manuscripts
*http://www.nag-hammadi.com/history.html Nag Hammadi Library's official site with more details on his story


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