Appendix B: Web Site Resources

The Gospel of Mary

This site provides links to the online text of The Gospel of Mary, as well as further information and expert commentary on the gospel.

illustration www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelmary.html

The Gnosis Archive

This site is a storehouse of information on Gnosticism, including The Gnostic Society Library, which contains an exhaustive selection of Gnostic documents.

illustration www.gnosis.org

The Secret Gospel of Mark

This site is a source of information and links to other sites about the Secret Gospel of Mark.

illustration www.historian.net/secmark.htm

Plato's Timaeus

This site contains the translation of the entire text of Timaeus , wherein Plato mentions Demiurgos, which probably influenced the Gnostic concept of the Demiurge.

illustration http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html

The Gnostic Society Library

This site displays a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria that appears to include some material from the Secret Gospel of Mark.

illustration www.webcom.com/gnosis/library/secm.htm

New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia

This site provides a definition and description of the Gospels.

illustration www.newadvent.org/cathen/06655b.htm

A Synoptic Gospels Primer

This site introduces the synoptic problem to beginning scholars.

illustration http://virtualreligion.net/primer/

The Gospel of Q

This site compares the opinions of various contemporary scholars on the Q Source (the suspected additional source for the synoptic Gospels).

illustration www.earlychristianwritings.com/q-contents.html

The Real Jesus of the Q Gospel

This is the Web site of religion professor and Q gospel scholar James M. Robinson.

illustration www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=542

Mary Magdalene: Author of the Fourth Gospel?

The Web site of Ramon K. Jusino, M.A., this site offers new insight on the authorship of the Gospel of John.

illustration http://ramon_k_jusino.tripod.com/magdalene.html

The Internet Christian Library's Guide to Early Church Documents

This site contains information on early Christian writings as well as the New Testament canon.

illustration www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html

Ancient Book Forms

To see examples of ancient books of the type used by Christians (such as the book roll and the codex), go to this site.

illustration www.lib.umich.edu/pap/k12/bookforms.html

Reluctant Messenger

A list of the canons decreed at the Council of Laodicea can be found at this Web site.

illustration http://reluctant-messenger.com/council-of-laodicea.htm

The Gospel of Truth

To read the text from Irenaeus referencing the Gospel of Truth, see book 3, chapter 11, verse 9 at this site.

illustration www.ccel.org/fathers2

Early Christian Writings

Read The (Coptic) Gospel of the Egyptians, also known as The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, at this Web site.

illustration www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelegyptians.html

History of Gnosticism

To read about the history of Gnosticism, go to this Web site.

illustration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gnosticism

The Twelve Apostles

For a Greek Orthodox source on the Apostles, go to this site.

illustration www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7065.asp