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The Gnostic scriptures

a new translation with annotations and introductions

by Bentley Layton & David Brakke

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: Coptic, English

Description

Description from SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog (opens in a new tab)

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. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts from Greek, Latin, and Coptic, with introductions, bibliographies, and annotations. The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth century CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and sudoc matched “Gnosticism” and “gnosticisme”. Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the title, “gnostic” in the description, “Gnosticism” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Gnosticism”· via Open Library
    • “gnosticisme”· via SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
    • “gnostic”· in title
    • “gnostic”· in description
    • “Gnosticism”· in description
    • “Gnosticism”· in subject

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a new translation with annotations and introductions

Open Library record

1987DoubledayCoptic, English
  • 9780385174473
  • 0385174470
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Second edition

1 vol. (XLVII-712 p.); 24 cm; ill., cartes, couv. ill. en coul.; Réf. bibliogr. Index

C 2021Yale University PressEnglish
  • 9780300208542
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