How long does it take to read The Nag Hammadi Library?
The Definitive Translation of the Gnostic Scriptures Complete in One Volume
James M. Robinson, Coptic Gnostic Library Project
The Nag Hammadi Library by James M. Robinson, Coptic Gnostic Library Project takes about 10 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 563 pages, about 154,825 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Gnosticism
