{"id":885,"date":"2026-07-16T08:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/?p=885"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:32:16","slug":"a-gnostic-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/2026\/07\/16\/a-gnostic-library\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gnostic Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Secondary Texts<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Modern<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brakke, D (2010)\u00a0<em>The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity<\/em>, Harvard University Press.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ehrman, B (2003)\u00a0<em>Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew<\/em>, Oxford University Press<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jonas, H (1958) <em>The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity<\/em>, Beacon Boston<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lewis, ND (2013)\u00a0<em>Introduction to \u201cGnosticism:\u201d Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds<\/em>, Oxford University Press.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Markschies, C (tr. J Bowden) (2003)\u00a0<em>Gnosis: An Introduction<\/em>, T &amp; T Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pagels, E (1979) <em>The Gnostic Gospels<\/em>. Penguin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mead, GRS (1892)<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library\/grs-mead\/grsm_simon_magus.htm\"><em>Simon Magus<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pearson B.A. (1990) <em>Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">P\u00e9trement, S (tr. C Harrison) (1990)\u00a0<em>A Separate God: The Origins and Teachings of Gnosticism<\/em>. Harper San Francisco.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rudolph, K (tr. R McL Wilson <em>et al.<\/em>) (1977) <em>Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism<\/em>. Harper San Francisco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Williams M.A. (1996) <em>Rethinking Gnosticism. An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ancient<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hippolytus of Rome, <em>Refutation of All Heresies<\/em> (<em>Elenchus<\/em>, <em>Philosophumena<\/em>) in <em>Ante-Nicene Fathers<\/em> 5 (tr. JH McMahon) 9-153<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Irenaeus of Lyon, <em>Against Heresies<\/em> (<em>Adversus Haereses<\/em>, <em>On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis<\/em>) in <em>Ante-Nicene Fathers<\/em> 1 (tr. Roberts\/Rambaut) 309-567<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epiphanius of Salamis, <em>Against Heresies <\/em>(<em>Panarion<\/em>) [Relevant sections are extracted in Layton, B <em>The Gnostic Scriptures<\/em> 185-216]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clement of Alexandria, <em>Stromata<\/em> (<em>Miscellanies<\/em>) in <em>Ante-Nicene Fathers<\/em> 2 (tr. JH McMahon) 299-568<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Primary Texts<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Online<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library.html\">Gnostic Society Library: Sources on Gnosticism and Gnosis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Collections<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Barnstone, W &amp; M Mayer (2009) <em>The Gnostic Bible<\/em>, Shambhala<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Layton, B (1995) <em>The Gnostic Scriptures<\/em>, Anchor Bible<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Codices<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Askew Codex (Codex Askevianus, BL Additional MS 5114)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GRS Mead (1921) <em>Pistis Sophia<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Berlin Codex (Akhmim Codex, Berlin Gnostic Codex,\u00a0BG, <em>Papyrus Berolinensis<\/em>8502)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Gospel of Mary<\/em> (BG 8502, <em>1<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. KL King, GW MacRae, RMcL Wilson, DM Parrott) 523-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Apocryphon of John<\/em>(NHC II, <em>1<\/em>, III, <em>1<\/em>, IV, <em>1<\/em>; BG 8502, <em>2<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. F Wisse) 104-23<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Sophia of Jesus Christ<\/em> (NHC III, <em>4<\/em>; BG 8502, <em>3<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. DM Parrott) 220-43<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epitome of the\u00a0<em>Act of Peter<\/em> (BG 8502, <em>4<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. J Brashler, DM Parrott) 528-31<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bruce Codex (Codex Brucianus, Bruce 96)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Book of Jeu<\/em> (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library\/1ieo.htm\">Online Text<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Untitled Text<\/em>(<em>Untitled Apocalypse<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Gnosis of the Light<\/em>)\u00a0(<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library\/untitl.htm\">Online Text<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Codex Tchacos<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Letter of Peter to Philip<\/em> (NHC VIII, <em>2<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. MW Meyer, F Wisse) 431-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>First Apocalypse of James<\/em> (NHC V, <em>3<\/em>) in Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em> (tr. WR Schoedel, DM Parrott) 260-8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Gospel of Judas <\/em>(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060408153348\/http:\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/lostgospel\/_pdf\/GospelofJudas.pdf\">Online pdf<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, tr. R Kasser, M Meyer, G Wurst, F Gaudard)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Temptation of Allogenes<\/em> in Wurst, G &amp; R Kasser\u00a0(2007) <em>The Gospel of Judas: Critical Edition<\/em>. National Geographic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Nag Hammadi Library (NHC I &#8211; XIII)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robinson J. (ed.) (1978\/88) <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em>, Harper San Francisco<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Texts of the Sethian Gnostics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Gospel of Judas<\/em> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060408153348\/http:\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/lostgospel\/_pdf\/GospelofJudas.pdf\">Online pdf<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, tr. R Kasser, M Meyer, G Wurst, F Gaudard) (ex Codex Tchacos)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Apocalypse of Adam<\/em> (V, <em>5<\/em>) (tr. GW McRae, DM Parrott) 277-86<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Apocryphon of John<\/em> (II, <em>1<\/em>; III, <em>1<\/em>; IV, <em>1; <\/em>and BG 8502,<em>2<\/em>) (tr. F Wisse) 104-23<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Thought of Norea<\/em> (IX, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. BA Pearson, S Giversen) 445-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Trimorphic Protennoia<\/em>(XIII, <em>1<\/em>) (tr. JD Turner) 511-22<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit<\/em>(also known as the\u00a0<em>Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians<\/em>) (III, <em>2<\/em>; IV, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. A B\u00f6hlig, F Wisse) 208-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Zostrianos<\/em> (VIII, <em>1<\/em>) (tr. JH Sieber) 402-30<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Three Steles of Seth<\/em> (VII, <em>5<\/em>) (tr. JE Goehring, JM Robinson) 396-401<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Marsanes<\/em> (X, <em>1<\/em>) (tr. BA Pearson) 460-71<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Melchizedek<\/em> (IX, <em>1<\/em>) (tr. BA Pearson, S Giverson) 438-44<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Allogenes<\/em> (XI, <em>3<\/em>) (tr. AC Wire, JD Turner, OS Wintermute) 490-500<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>Second Treatise of the Great Seth<\/em> (VII, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. JA Gibbons, RA Bullard) 362-71<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Reality of the Rulers<\/em>, also known as The\u00a0<em>Hypostasis of the Archons<\/em> (II, <em>4<\/em>) (tr. RA Bullard, B Layton) 161-9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Thunder, Perfect Mind<\/em> (VI, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. GW MacRae, DM Parrott) 295-303<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Untitled Text <\/em>(<em>Untitled Apocalypse<\/em>, <em>The Gnosis of the Light<\/em>)\u00a0(<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library\/untitl.htm\">Online Text<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) (ex Bruce Codex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The\u00a0Coptic Apocalypse of Paul<\/em>. Shneemelcher, W (1989) <em>New Testament Apocrypha<\/em> Vol 2 698f.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Texts of the Valentinian Gnostics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Ptolemy&#8217;s Version of the Gnostic Myth<\/em> in Irenaeus <em>Against Heresies<\/em> I, viii, 5, in <em>Ante-Nicene Fathers<\/em> 1 328f<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Ptolemy&#8217;s Epistle to Flora<\/em> in Epiphanius <em>Panarion <\/em>(33.3.1 &#8211; 33.7.10) in Barnstone, W &amp; M Mayer <em>The Gnostic Bible<\/em> 299-306<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robinson J. <em>The Nag Hammadi Library<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Gospel of Truth<\/em>(I, <em>3<\/em>; XII, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. HW Attridge, GW MacRae) 38-51<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Tripartite Tractate<\/em> (I, <em>5<\/em>) (tr. HW Attridge, EH Pagels, D Mueller) 58-103<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Prayer of the Apostle Paul<\/em> (I, <em>1<\/em>) (tr. D Mueller) 27f<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Treatise on the Resurrection<\/em>(<em>Epistle to Rheginus<\/em>) (I, <em>4<\/em>) (tr. ML Peel) 52-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Gospel of Philip<\/em> (II, <em>3<\/em>) (tr. WW Isenberg) 139-60<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>A Valentinian Exposition<\/em> (XI, <em>2<\/em>) (tr. EH Pagels, JD Turner) 481-9<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secondary Texts Modern Brakke, D (2010)\u00a0The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity, Harvard University Press. Ehrman, B (2003)\u00a0Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, Oxford University Press Jonas, H (1958) The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity, Beacon Boston Lewis, ND [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}