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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Theology and Religion Religious Studies Other Religions

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface to the First Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
General Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Editorial Method Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
Explanation of Typographical and Reference Systems Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxi
Other Accepted Names for the Works in This Collection Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxv
Ancient Sources and Manuscripts of Works in This Collection Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxix
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xliii
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xlv
GNOSTIC SCRIPTURES
I. CLASSIC GNOSTIC SCRIPTURE
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Secret Book According to John Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The Gospel of Judas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
The Revelation of Adam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
The Reality of the Rulers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
The Thunder—Perfect Intellect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
First Thought in Three Forms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit; or, The Egyptian Gospel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Zōstrianos (excerpts) . Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
The Foreigner (excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
The Three Tablets of Seth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Satorninos (according to St. Irenaeus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
The Gnostics (according to St. Irenaeus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
“Other” Gnostic Teachings (according to St. Irenaeus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
The Gnostics (according to Porphyry) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
The Sethians (according to St. Epiphanius) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
The Archontics (according to St. Epiphanius) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
The Gnostics (according to St. Epiphanius) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
II. THE WRITINGS OF VALENTINUS
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Valentinus’s Myth (according to St. Irenaeus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Fragments of Lost Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
Summer Harvest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
The Gospel of Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
III. THE SCHOOL OF VALENTINUS
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Ptolemy’s Version of the Gnostic Myth (according to St. Irenaeus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
A Prayer of Paul the Apostle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
The Tripartite Tractate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Ptolemy’s Epistle to Flora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	436
Treatise on Resurrection (Epistle to Rheginus) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	448
The Gospel According to Philip: A Valentinian Anthology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
Clement of Alexandria’s Excerpts from Theodotus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
RELATED WRITINGS
IV. THE SCHOOL OF ST. THOMAS
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	535
The Hymn of the Pearl; or, The Hymn of Jude Thomas the Apostle in the Country of the Indians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	543
The Gospel According to Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
The Book of Thomas: The Contender Writing to the Perfect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	589
V. OTHER EARLY CURRENTS
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	603
The Writings of Basilides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	605
The Cosmological Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	619
The Ethical Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	623
The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	637
Index of Names and Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	661
Index of Scripture References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	704

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July 6, 2021

eBook ISBN:

9780300255577

Edition:

Second Edition

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

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690

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300255577

eBook ISBN: 9780300255577

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