The Gnostic Gospels (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)

CHAPTER SIX

1. John 14:5–6.

2. Irenaeus, AH 3.11.7. For discussion, see E. Pagels, The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis (Nashville, 1973).

3. Dialogue of the Savior 142.16–19, in NHL 237.

4. Gospel of Thomas 38.4–10, in NHL 121.

5. F. Wisse, “Gnosticism and Early Monasticism in Egypt,” in Gnosis: Festschrift für Hans Jonas (Göttingen, 1978), 431–440.

6. B. Layton, ed., The Rediscovery of Gnosticism (forthcoming).

7. Irenaeus, AH 4.11.2.

8. Ibid., 4.11.2.

9. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 4.

10. Gospel of Philip 71.35–72.4, in NHL 143.

11. Irenaeus, AH 1.11.1.

12. Ibid., 1.12.3.

13. Ibid., 1.12.3.

14. Ibid., 1.12.4.

15. Ibid., 1.30.6.

16. Romans 3:23.

17. Mark 1:15.

18. John 3:17–19.

19. Irenaeus, AH 1.5.4.

20. Gospel of Truth 17.10–16, in NHL 38.

21. Ibid., 28.16–17, in NHL 42.

22. Ibid., 29.2–6, in NHL 43.

23. Ibid., 29.8–30.12, in NHL 43.

24. Ibid., 21.35–36, in NHL 40.

25. Ibid., 24.32–25.3, in NHL 41.

26. Dialogue of the Savior 134.1–22, in NHL 234.

27. Gospel of Thomas 45.30–33, in NHL 126.

28. Ibid., 33.11–13, in NHL 118.

29. Book of Thomas the Contender 138.13, in NHL 189.

30. Gospel of Thomas 38.23–29, in NHL 121. For a discussion of these metaphors, see H. Jonas, The Gnostic Religion (Boston, 1963), 48–96, and G. MacRae, “Sleep and Awakening in Gnostic Texts,” in Le Origini dello Gnosticismo, 496–507.

31. Professors M. L. Peel and J. Zandee have stated that the Teachings of Silvanus is clearly “non-Gnostic” (NHL 346). Nevertheless, what Peel and Zandee describe as characteristic of gnostic teaching (dualistic theology, docetic Christology, the doctrine that “only some persons are saved ‘by nature’ ”) does not, as they apparently assume, characterize such teaching as that of Valentinus (which undisputably is gnostic). The Teachings of Silvanus certainly is unique among the Nag Hammadi find in that most of its elements do not contradict orthodox doctrine. Whether or not it is itself a gnostic document, I suggest that what warrants its inclusion with gnostic writings is its premise that divine reason (and, apparently, divine nature) is discovered within oneself.

32. Teachings of Silvanus 88.24–92.12, in NHL 340–350.

33. Gospel of Thomas 32.14–19, in NHL 118.

34. Dialogue of the Savior 125.18–19, in NHL 231.

35. Teachings of Silvanus 85.24–106.14, in NHL 347–356.

36. Ibid., 106.30–117.20, in NHL 356–361.

37. Gospel of Truth 21.11–22.15, in NHL 40.

38. Ibid., 32.38–39, in NHL 44.

39. Ibid., 32.31–33.14, in NHL 44.

40. Gospel of Thomas 32.19–33.5, in NHL 118. Emphasis added.

41. Ibid., 42.7–51.18, in NHL 123–130.

42. Ibid., 37.20–35, in NHL 121.

43. Mark 9:1; cf. Mark 14:62.

44. Ibid., 13:5–7.

45. Luke 17:21.

46. Mark 8:27–29.

47. Matthew 16:17–18.

48. Gospel of Thomas 34.30–35.7, in NHL 119.

49. Ibid., 50.28–30, in NHL 129.

50. Book of Thomas the Contender 138.13, in NHL 189.

51. Gospel of Thomas 48.20–25, in NHL 128.

52. Ibid., 40.20–23, in NHL 122.

53. Dialogue of the Savior 132.15–16, in NHL 233.

54. Ibid., 126.5–8, in NHL 231.

55. Ibid., 140.3–4, in NHL 236.

56. Testimony of Truth 44.2, in NHL 410–411.

57. Ibid., 43.26, in NHL 410.

58. Ibid., 44.13–16, in NHL 411.

59. Teachings of Silvanus 97.18–98.10, in NHL 352.

60. Matthew 2:15, passim.

61. Justin, I Apology 31.

62. Gospel of Thomas 42.13–18, in NHL 124.

63. Irenaeus, AH 1.11.1.

64. Ibid., 1.2.2.

65. Gospel of Philip 54.13–15, in NHL 133.

66. Ibid., 67.9–12, in NHL 140.

67. Ibid., 61.24–26, in NHL 137.

68. Ibid., 61.29–35, in NHL 137.

69. Ibid., 67.26–27, in NHL 140.

70. Book of Thomas the Contender 138.16–18, in NHL 189.

71. Hippolytus, REF 6.9.

72. Ibid., 6.17.

73. Gospel of Thomas 33.14–19, in NHL 118.

74. Plotinus, “Against the Gnostics,” Enneads 2.9.

75. Zostrianos 1.12, in NHL 369.

76. Ibid., 2.8–9, in NHL 369.

77. Ibid., 3.14–21, in NHL 370.

78. Ibid., 3.29–30, in NHL 370.

79. Ibid., 131.16–132.5, in NHL 393.

80. Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth 52.1–7, in NHL 292.

81. Ibid., 53.7–10, in NHL 293.

82. Ibid., 52.15–18, in NHL 293.

83. Ibid., 54.23–25, in NHL 293.

84. Ibid., 56.10–12, in NHL 294.

85. Ibid., 56.17–22, in NHL 294.

86. Ibid., 57.3–11, in NHL 294.

87. Ibid., 57.31–58.22, in NHL 295.

88. Ibid., 58.31–61.2, in NHL 295–296.

89. Ibid., 63.9–14, in NHL 297.

90. Allogenes 52.8–12, in NHL 446.

91. Ibid., 50.19, in NHL 445.

92. Ibid., 52.15–21, in NHL 446.

93. Ibid., 53.36–37, in NHL 447.

94. Ibid., 55.31–57.34, in NHL 447–448.

95. Ibid., 59.9–37, in NHL 449.

96. Ibid., 60.13–18, in NHL 449.

97. Ibid., 60.37–61.8, in NHL 449.

98. Ibid., 61.14–16, in NHL 440–450.

99. Ibid., 61.29–31, in NHL 450.

100. Ibid., 64.16–23, in NHL 451.

101. Ibid., 67.23–35, in NHL 451–452.

102. Ibid., 68.18–19.

103. Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 1.