citation_id,entity_id,source_id,work_title,locus,quote,translator,translation_year,source_url,evidence_grade,evidence_note,verified_on,verify_method,display_order,needs_review,review_reason,original_text_url
CIT_GNO_DERDEKEAS_NHC,ENT_GNO_DERDEKEAS,SRC_NAG_HAMMADI_SCRIPTURES,"The Nag Hammadi Library (Robinson, ed.)","Paraphrase of Shem, NHC VII,1","I am Derdekeas, the son of the incorruptible, infinite Light."" The light of the infinite Spirit came down to a feeble nature for a short time until all the impurity of nature became void, and in order that the darkness of Nature might be blamed. I put on my garment which is the garment of the light of the Majesty which I am.",J. M. Robinson et al.,1990,http://gnosis.org/naghamm/para_shem.html,primary-verbatim,,2026-06-25,name-anchored + substring gate against gnosis.org Robinson NHL text; trimmed to clause/sentence boundary,1,1,"In-copyright modern translation - brief excerpt for scholarly identification, located by name; verify against the published edition.",