The Gnostic Scriptures

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The Gnostic Scriptures

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Published/Copyright: 2021

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A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas

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Layton Bentley :

Bentley Layton is the Goff Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. David Brakke is the Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History at the Ohio State University.

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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Preface to the First Edition
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Preface to the Second Edition
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General Introduction
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Editorial Method
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Explanation of Typographical and Reference Systems
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Other Accepted Names for the Works in This Collection
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Ancient Sources and Manuscripts of Works in This Collection
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List of Illustrations
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List of Abbreviations
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GNOSTIC SCRIPTURES
I. CLASSIC GNOSTIC SCRIPTURE
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Historical Introduction
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The Secret Book According to John
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The Gospel of Judas
62

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The Revelation of Adam
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The Reality of the Rulers
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The Thunder—Perfect Intellect
108

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First Thought in Three Forms
118

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The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit; or, The Egyptian Gospel
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Zōstrianos (excerpts) .
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The Foreigner (excerpts)
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The Three Tablets of Seth
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Satorninos (according to St. Irenaeus)
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The Gnostics (according to St. Irenaeus)
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“Other” Gnostic Teachings (according to St. Irenaeus)
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The Gnostics (according to Porphyry)
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The Sethians (according to St. Epiphanius)
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The Archontics (according to St. Epiphanius)
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The Gnostics (according to St. Epiphanius)
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II. THE WRITINGS OF VALENTINUS
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Valentinus’s Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)
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Fragments of Lost Works
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Summer Harvest
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The Gospel of Truth
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III. THE SCHOOL OF VALENTINUS
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Ptolemy’s Version of the Gnostic Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)
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A Prayer of Paul the Apostle
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The Tripartite Tractate
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Ptolemy’s Epistle to Flora
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Treatise on Resurrection (Epistle to Rheginus)
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The Gospel According to Philip: A Valentinian Anthology
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Clement of Alexandria’s Excerpts from Theodotus
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RELATED WRITINGS
IV. THE SCHOOL OF ST. THOMAS
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Historical Introduction
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The Hymn of the Pearl; or, The Hymn of Jude Thomas the Apostle in the Country of the Indians
543

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The Gospel According to Thomas
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The Book of Thomas: The Contender Writing to the Perfect
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V. OTHER EARLY CURRENTS
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Historical Introduction
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The Writings of Basilides
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The Cosmological Fragments
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The Ethical Fragments
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The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts)
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Index of Names and Subjects
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Index of Scripture References
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The Gnostic Scriptures

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

General Introduction

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

Historical Introduction

The Secret Book According to John

The Gospel of Judas

The Revelation of Adam

The Reality of the Rulers

The Thunder—Perfect Intellect

First Thought in Three Forms

The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit; or, The Egyptian Gospel

Zōstrianos (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)

Historical Introduction

Valentinus’s Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)

Fragments of Lost Works

Summer Harvest

The Gospel of Truth

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

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

Historical Introduction

The Writings of Basilides

The Cosmological Fragments

The Ethical Fragments

The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts)

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Scripture References

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