Introduction to gnosticism : ancient voices, christian worlds /
Nicola Denzey Lewis, Brown University.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
- xxiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
A fourth-century Christian liberty: the Nag Hammadi codices -- The problem with gnosticism -- The Roman Empire: religious landscapes -- Christianity in the second-century empire: an overview -- Gnostic prayer: Prayer of the Apostle Paul and Prayer of Thanksgiving -- Valentinus and the Valentinians -- Some Valentinian writings from Nag Hammadi: Tripartite Tractate, interpretation of knowledge, and a Valentinian exposition -- Two Valentinian gospels: the Gospel of Truth and the Gospel of Philip -- The Thomas literature: the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Thomas the Contender -- Sethian gnosticism: Three Steles of Seth -- In the beginning: two creation myths: Hypostasis of the Archons and On the Origin of the World -- A classic text: the Apocryphon of John -- A classic liturgical text: Gospel of the Egyptians (Book of the Great Invisible Spirit) -- Dealing with death: the first Apocalypse of James, the Second Apocalypse of James, the Apocryphon of James, and Treatise on the Resurrection -- Deconstructing the divine feminine: Thunder: Perfect Mind and Trimorphic Protennoia -- What are pagan texts doing in a Christian library? Discourse on the Eight and Ninth, Asclepius, and Plato's Republic -- Apostolic traditions in conflict: Letter of Peter to Philip, Acts of Peter and the Twelve Disciples, and the Apocalypse of Peter -- Apocalypse! visions of the end: Apocalypse of Paul and Apocalypse of Adam -- The Sethian platonizing apocalypses: Zostrianos, Allogenes, and Marsanes -- Beyond Nag Hammadi: the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene