Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Gnostic Wisdom: Ancient and Modern

1 Fertilizer, Blood Vengeance, and Codices

The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library

2 Coptic Texts from the Sands of Egypt

The Nag Hammadi Library and the Berlin Gnostic Codex

3 “They Will Not Taste Death”

The Wisdom of the Living Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas and Thomas Texts

4 The Wisdom of Insight

The Fall and Restoration of Sophia in the Secret Book of John and Sethian Texts

5 Valentinus the Christian Mystic

Salvation Through Knowledge in the Gospel of Truth and Valentinian Texts

6 Hermes, Derdekeas, Thunder, and Mary

Revealers of Wisdom in Other Nag Hammadi Texts

Epilogue

Discoveries After the Nag Hammadi Library

Appendix

The Texts of the Nag Hammadi Library and the Berlin Gnostic Codex

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

Other Books by Marvin Meyer

Copyright

About the Publisher