โ Scribed by Bentley Layton (editor), David Brakke (editor)
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A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient textsย including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas
โThe one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism.โโHarold Bloom
This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts from Greek, Latin, and Coptic, with introductions, bibliographies, and annotations. The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth century CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
General Introduction
The Contents of This Collection
Gnostic Scripture and the Christian Bible
Scripture, Canon, and Diversity
Gnostic Scripture
Valentinian Writings
Conclusions
The Nature of the Primary Sources
Sources in Greek
Sources in Other Languages
Irenaeus
Ancient Translations of Scripture Manuscripts
Select Bibliography
Editorial Method
Explanation of Typographical and Reference Systems
Other Accepted Names for the Works in This Collection
Ancient Sources and Manuscripts of Works in This Collection
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
GNOSTIC SCRIPTURES
I: CLASSIC GNOSTIC SCRIPTURE
Historical Introduction
The Secret Book According to John
The Gospel of Judas
The Revelation of Adam
The Reality of the Rulers
The ThunderโPerfect Intellect
First Thought in Three Forms
The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit; or, The Egyptian Gospel
Zลstrianos (excerpts)
The Foreigner (excerpts)
The Three Tablets of Seth
Satorninos (according to St. Irenaeus)
The Gnostics (according to St. Irenaeus)
Other Gnostic Teachings (according to St. Irenaeus)
The Gnostics (according to Porphyry)
The Sethians (according to St. Epiphanius)
The Archontics (according to St. Epiphanius)
The Gnostics (according to St. Epiphanius)
II: THE WRITINGS OF VALENTINUS
Historical Introduction
Valentinus's Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)
Fragments of Lost Works
The Divine Word Present in the Infant (Fragment A)
On the Three Natures (Fragment B)
Adam's Faculty of Speech (Fragment C)
Adam's Name (Fragment D)
Jesus' Digestive System: Epistle to Agathopous (Fragment E)
Annihilation of the Realm of Death (Fragment F)
The Source of Common Wisdom: On Friends (Fragment G)
The Vision of God: Epistle on Attachments (Fragment H)
Summer Harvest
Appendix: A Later Allegorical Interpretation
The Gospel of Truth
III: THE SCHOOL OF VALENTINUS
Historical Introduction
Ptolemy's Version of the Gnostic Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)
A Prayer of Paul the Apostle
The Tripartite Tractate
Ptolemy's Epistle to Flora
Treatise on Resurrection (Epistle to Rheginus)
The Gospel According to Philip: A Valentinian Anthology
Clement of Alexandria's Excerpts from Theodotus
RELATED WRITINGS
IV: THE SCHOOL OF ST. THOMAS
Historical Introduction
The Hymn of the Pearl; or, The Hymn of Jude Thomas the Apostle in the Country of the Indians
The Gospel According to Thomas
The Book of Thomas: The Contender Writing to the Perfect
V: OTHER EARLY CURRENTS
Historical Introduction
The Writings of Basilides
Historical Introduction
Basilides' Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)
Fragments of Lost Works
The Cosmological Fragments
The Octet of Subsistent Entities (Fragment A)
The Uniqueness of the World (Fragment B)
The Ethical Fragments
Election Naturally Entails Faith and Virtue (Fragment C)
The State of Virtue (Fragment D)
The Elect Transcend the World (Fragment E)
Reincarnation (Fragment F)
Human Suffering and the Goodness of Providence (Commentaries, 23) (Fragment G)
Forgivable Sins (Fragment H)
The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts)
Historical Introduction
Tractate 1: Poimandrฤs
Tractate 7: That the Greatest Human Evil Is Unacquaintance with God
Index of Names and Subjects
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Index of Scripture References
Old Testament
New Testament
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