Sheneset-Chenoboskion
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Chenoboskion is the name of a settlement within Ancient Egypt
. The settlement is located at the place today known as al-Qasr which sits within the Dakhla Oasis. The settlement is known today more commonly as Nag Hammadi
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The settlement is also known as Sheneset-Chenoboskion.
located in 1945, cite the writings as the Nag Hammadi
manuscripts. Accounts of the findings state that manuscripts were either found at Nag hammadi or at Chenoboskion near Nag Hammadi, although the definite choice by the scholars responsible seems largely to be that they are to be known by the former rather than the latter. If explanation is needed then, the choice of title is perhaps a matter of convention supported by the principle members of those responsible for the initial tasks presented by the findings, rather than a definite corresponding choice made necessary by a strictly defined event known to have occurred at a strictly defined location. As stated by J. Dunn the manuscripts were located three kilometres away from the monastery of Chenoboskion, suggesting the likelihood of the authors originating from this place. Other texts show that the mauscripts were located at a place not within the boundaries of Nag Hammadi Sources stating Chenoboskion are referenced, the Theosophist Magazine the text by Jean Doresse and others (not comprehensively referenced).
Allogenes
Supreme, a Gnostic work, is stated as having been discovered at Chenoboskion in 1946.
was converted to Christianity in the 4th century
A.D. Pachomius retreated at this place,having ceased to belong in military activities sometime about 310-315 perhaps (the figure given approximately 314), did convert to christanity whilst dwelling in the desert There is a monastery located at Chenoboskion that is dedicated to St Pachomius, first built during ancient times.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
. The settlement is located at the place today known as al-Qasr which sits within the Dakhla Oasis. The settlement is known today more commonly as Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammâdi
Nag Hammadi , is a city in Upper Egypt. Nag Hammadi was known as Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, meaning "geese grazing grounds". It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor....
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The settlement is also known as Sheneset-Chenoboskion.
Location of the ancient town
Najʿ Ḥammādī on or near the site of the ancient town Chenoboskion.Important finding
Sources of writing on the subject of the important manuscriptsNag Hammadi library
The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. That year, twelve leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local peasant named Mohammed Ali Samman...
located in 1945, cite the writings as the Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammâdi
Nag Hammadi , is a city in Upper Egypt. Nag Hammadi was known as Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, meaning "geese grazing grounds". It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor....
manuscripts. Accounts of the findings state that manuscripts were either found at Nag hammadi or at Chenoboskion near Nag Hammadi, although the definite choice by the scholars responsible seems largely to be that they are to be known by the former rather than the latter. If explanation is needed then, the choice of title is perhaps a matter of convention supported by the principle members of those responsible for the initial tasks presented by the findings, rather than a definite corresponding choice made necessary by a strictly defined event known to have occurred at a strictly defined location. As stated by J. Dunn the manuscripts were located three kilometres away from the monastery of Chenoboskion, suggesting the likelihood of the authors originating from this place. Other texts show that the mauscripts were located at a place not within the boundaries of Nag Hammadi Sources stating Chenoboskion are referenced, the Theosophist Magazine the text by Jean Doresse and others (not comprehensively referenced).
Allogenes
Allogenes
Allogenes is a Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The main surviving copies come from the Nag Hammadi library, though there are many missing lines. A small fragment also survives in the more recently discovered Codex Tchacos, which may help in filling the gaps.The text concerns...
Supreme, a Gnostic work, is stated as having been discovered at Chenoboskion in 1946.
A monastery founded
It is the place where the person known as St.PachomiusPachomius
Saint Pakhom , also known as Pachome and Pakhomius , is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Coptic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 9...
was converted to Christianity in the 4th century
4th century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400.- Overview :...
A.D. Pachomius retreated at this place,having ceased to belong in military activities sometime about 310-315 perhaps (the figure given approximately 314), did convert to christanity whilst dwelling in the desert There is a monastery located at Chenoboskion that is dedicated to St Pachomius, first built during ancient times.
Settlements in the desert
St Anthony is the source of persons having relocated to the region to which the village did once belong. A monastic community forming around the Saint for the purposes of spiritual guidance,beginning in Pispir and from there moving eastwardly. The mountainous area east of Pispir is the place of the present monastry of St.Antonio. The settlement of Chenoboskion created from this eastward movement began in the ThebaidThebaid
The Thebaid or Thebais is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. It acquired its name from its proximity to the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes....
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Further reading
- Egyptian chronicles : with a harmony of sacred and Egyptain chronology, and an appendix on Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities (1861)-Palmer, William retrieved approximately 20:05GMT 27.9.11
- Chenoboskion and Q by Robert North 21;31GMT 27.9.11
- The gnostic gospels by Elaine Pagels retrieve 21:36 27.9.11
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GsefJDS9qsAC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=chenoboskion+nag+hammadi&source=bl&ots=hge10Ke3_R&sig=cK4j0bv8Fegluz8Qk8l-gZ3H7sc&hl=en&ei=XDSCTuW7C-ie0QXLs9XIAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CF4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=chenoboskion%20nag%20hammadi&f=falseNag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948-1969 By David M. Scholer shows list of books,those numbered 1259,1358,1419,1420,1424,1425,1441,1442,1445,1463,1464, relate to historical significance of settlement] 27.9.11