Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Gospel (Steinerbooks, 1724) (English and Coptic Edition)

The first English translation of the Gnostic religious document that was the most influential of all Gnostic studies before the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library. Some of the Contents: Documents & General Literature of Gnosticism; Probable History of the Treatise; Jesus Hitherto Instructeth His Disciples Only up to the Region of the First Mystery; Treasure of Light; Confusion of the Powers & the Great Earthquake; Dismay of the Disciples; Jesus Addresseth Them; That John Was Elias in a Former Birth; Mystery of the Five Words on the Vesture; Sophia & Her Fellow-Powers Behold the Light.