The Gnostic scriptures : a new translation with annotations and introductions / Bentley Layton, David Brakke.

Format:

Book

Series:

The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gnostic literature.

Gnosticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (690 p.) : 13 b-w illus.

Edition:

Second Edition

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Yale University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas “The one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism.”—Harold 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.

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

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 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)

II. THE WRITINGS OF VALENTINUS

Valentinus’s Myth (according to St. Irenaeus)

Fragments of Lost Works

Summer Harvest

The Gospel of Truth

III. THE SCHOOL OF VALENTINUS

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

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

The Writings of Basilides

The Cosmological Fragments

The Ethical Fragments

The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts)

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Scripture References

ISBN:

0-300-28806-9

0-300-25557-8

OCLC:

1250090050