CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GNOSTICISM, GNOSTICS, AND THE GNOSTIC BIBLE Marvin Meyer
LETTING IN THE LIGHT: TRANSLATING HOLY TEXTS Willis Barnstone
PART ONE
Early Wisdom Gospels
INTRODUCTION Marvin Meyer
1. The Gospel of Thomas
2. The Gospel of John
PART TWO
Literature of Gnostic Wisdom
INTRODUCTION Marvin Meyer
3. The Book of Baruch Justin
SETHIAN LITERATURE
4. The Gospel of Judas
5. The Secret Book of John
6. The Reality of the Rulers
7. The Revelation of Adam
8. Three Forms of First Thought
9. The Three Steles of Seth
10. The Vision of the Foreigner
11. The Sermon of Zostrianos
12. The Baptismal Ceremony of the Gospel of the Egyptians
13. Thunder
14. The Letter of Peter to Philip
VALENTINIAN LITERATURE
15. The Gospel of Truth
16. The Gospel of Philip
17. The Letter to Flora Ptolemy
18. Commentary on the Gospel of John Herakleon
19. The Treatise on Resurrection
20. The Prayer of the Messenger Paul
21. Valentinian Liturgical Readings
22. The Secret Book of James
23. The Round Dance of the Cross
THOMAS AND OTHER SYRIAN LITERATURE
24. The Songs of Solomon
25. The Song of the Pearl
26. The Book of Thomas
ADDITIONAL LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM
27. The Exegesis on the Soul
28. On the Origin of the World
29. The Paraphrase of Shem
30. The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
31. The Gospel of Mary
32. The Naassene Sermon
PART THREE
Hermetic Literature
INTRODUCTION Willis Barnstone
33. Poimandres
34. The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
35. The Prayer of Thanksgiving
PART FOUR
Mandaean Literature
INTRODUCTION Nathaniel Deutsch
36. The Ginza
37. Hibil’s Lament from the Book of John
38. Songs from the Mandaean Liturgy
PART FIVE
Manichaean Literature
INTRODUCTION Paul Mirecki
39. On the Origin of His Body
40. The Story of the Death of Mani
41. The Kephalaia
42. The Coptic Manichaean Songbook
43. Parthian Songs
44. The Great Song to Mani
PART SIX
Islamic Mystical Literature
INTRODUCTION Marvin Meyer
45. The Mother of Books
PART SEVEN
Cathar Literature
INTRODUCTION Willis Barnstone
46. The Gospel of the Secret Supper
47. The Book of the Two Principles
48. A Nun’s Sermon
EPILOGUE: HISTORICAL MEDITATION ON THE INNER LIGHT OF GNOSIS Willis Barnstone
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FURTHER READING
SOURCES CITED
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
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