Violet Macdermot

Violet MacDermot studied Egyptology at University College, London, and was a board member of the Egypt Exploration Society. She has translated two Coptic texts, Volumes IX and XIII in the Nag Hammadi Studies series: Pistis Sophia and The Books of Jeu and the Untitled Text in the Bruce Codex . Her books include The Cult of the Seer in the Ancient Middle East: A Contribution to Current Research on Halucinations drawn from Coptic and Other Texts (1971).

Violet MacDermot studied Egyptology at University College, London, and was a board member of the Egypt Exploration Society. She has translated two Coptic texts, Volumes IX and XIII in the Nag Hammadi Studies series: Pistis Sophia and The Books of Jeu and the Untitled Text in the Bruce Codex . Her books include The Cult of the Seer in the Ancient Middle East: A Contribution to Current Research on Halucinations drawn from Coptic and Other Texts (1971). See less