Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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General Introduction |
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The Contents of This Collection |
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Gnostic Scripture and the Christian Bible |
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Scripture, Canon, and Diversity |
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Gnostic Scripture |
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Valentinian Writings |
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Conclusions |
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The Nature of the Primary Sources |
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Sources in Greek |
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Sources in Other Languages |
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Irenaeus |
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Ancient Translations of Scripture Manuscripts |
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Select Bibliography |
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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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I Classic Gnostic Scripture |
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5 | (20) |
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The Secret Book According to John |
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25 | (37) |
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62 | (15) |
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77 | (16) |
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The Reality of the Rulers |
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93 | (15) |
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The Thunder---Perfect Intellect |
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108 | (10) |
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First Thought in Three Forms |
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118 | (19) |
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The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit; or, The Egyptian Gospel |
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137 | (25) |
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162 | (24) |
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186 | (10) |
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The Three Tablets of Seth |
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196 | (13) |
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Satorninos (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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209 | (4) |
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The Gnostics (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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213 | (7) |
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"Other" Gnostic Teachings (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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220 | (14) |
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The Gnostics (according to Porphyry) |
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234 | (3) |
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The Sethians (according to St. Epiphanius) |
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237 | (6) |
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The Archontics (according to St. Epiphanius) |
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243 | (10) |
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The Gnostics (according to St. Epiphanius) |
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253 | (22) |
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II The Writings Of Valentinus |
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275 | (6) |
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Valentinus's Myth (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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281 | (5) |
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286 | (18) |
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The Divine Word Present in the Infant (Fragment A) |
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287 | (2) |
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On the Three Natures (Fragment B) |
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289 | (2) |
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Adam's Faculty of Speech (Fragment C) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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Jesus' Digestive System: Epistle to Agathopous (Fragment E) |
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295 | (2) |
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Annihilation of the Realm of Death (Fragment F) |
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297 | (2) |
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The Source of Common Wisdom: On Friends (Fragment G) |
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299 | (2) |
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The Vision of God: Epistle on Attachments (Fragment H) |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (4) |
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Appendix: A Later Allegorical Interpretation |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (23) |
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III The School Of Valentinus |
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331 | (10) |
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Ptolemy's Version of the Gnostic Myth (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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341 | (34) |
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A Prayer of Paul the Apostle |
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375 | (4) |
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379 | (57) |
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Ptolemy's Epistle to Flora |
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436 | (12) |
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Treatise on Resurrection (Epistle to Rheginus) |
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448 | (11) |
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The Gospel According to Philip: A Valentinian Anthology |
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459 | (42) |
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Clement of Alexandria's Excerpts from Theodotus |
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501 | (34) |
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IV The School Of St. Thomas |
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535 | (8) |
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The Hymn of the Pearl; or, The Hymn of Jude Thomas the Apostle in the Country of the Indians |
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543 | (12) |
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The Gospel According to Thomas |
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555 | (34) |
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The Book of Thomas: The Contender Writing to the Perfect |
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589 | (14) |
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603 | (4) |
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The Writings of Basilides |
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607 | (4) |
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Basilides' Myth (according to St. Irenaeus) |
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611 | (7) |
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618 | (1) |
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The Cosmological Fragments |
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The Octet of Subsistent Entities (Fragment A) |
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619 | (2) |
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The Uniqueness of the World (Fragment B) |
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621 | (2) |
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Election Naturally Entails Faith and Virtue (Fragment C) |
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623 | (2) |
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The State of Virtue (Fragment D) |
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625 | (2) |
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The Elect Transcend the World (Fragment E) |
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627 | (2) |
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Reincarnation (Fragment F) |
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629 | (2) |
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Human Suffering and the Goodness of Providence (Commentaries, 23) (Fragment G) |
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631 | (4) |
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Forgivable Sins (Fragment H) |
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635 | (4) |
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The Hermetic Corpus (excerpts) |
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639 | (4) |
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643 | (14) |
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Tractate 7: That the Greatest Human Evil Is Unacquaintance with God |
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657 | (4) |
Index of Names and Subjects |
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661 | (43) |
Index of Scripture References |
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