The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions

Bentley Layton

Doubleday, 1987 - Gnostic literature - 526 pages

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.
Includeds maps and tables

Contents

• Historical Introduction: 5
• The Secret Book According to John: 23
• The Revelation of Adam: 52
• The Reality of the Rulers: 65
• The ThunderPerfect Intellect: 77
• First Thought in Three Forms: 86
• The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit: 101
• Zōstrianos excerpts: 121
• The Foreigner excerpts: 141
• The Three Tablets of Seth: 149
• Satorninos according to St Irenaeus: 159
• Other Gnostic Teachings according to St Irenaeus: 170
• The Gnostics according to Porphyry: 182
• The Archontics according to St Epiphanius: 191
• The Gnostics according to St Epiphanius: 199
• Historical Introduction: 217
• Valentinuss Myth according to St Irenaeus: 223
• Fragments of Lost Works: 229
• Summer Harvest: 246
• Historical Introduction: 267
• Ptolemys Version of the Gnostic Myth: 276
• A Prayer of Paul the Apostle: 303
• Treatise on Resurrection Epistle to Rheginus: 316
• The Gospel According to Philip: 325
• Historical Introduction: 359
• The Hymn of the Pearl or The Hymn of Jude Thomas: 366
• The Gospel According to Thomas: 376
• The Contender Writing to the Perfect: 400
• V: 407
• Historical Introduction: 413
• Poimandrēs: 449
• That the Greatest Human Evil Is: 460

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions; The Anchor Bible reference library
• Author: Bentley Layton
• Editor: Bentley Layton
• Translated by: Bentley Layton
• Compiled by: Bentley Layton
• Contributor: Bentley Layton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Doubleday, 1987
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 8, 2009
• ISBN: 0385174470, 9780385174473
• Length: 526 pages