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On the Origin of the World is a Sethian Gnostic text from the Nag Hammadi Library that provides an alternative account of creation — retelling Genesis from the Gnostic perspective. It is one of the most comprehensive Gnostic creation narratives to survive, covering the origin of the Demiurge, the Archons, the first humans, and the eventual fate of the world.
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- Found in two copies: Nag Hammadi Codex II and Codex XIII
- One of the few Nag Hammadi texts that begins without a title — the title is derived from the text's opening