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Valentinus, an Egyptian Christian who traveled to Rome to teach his unique brand of theology, and his followers, the Valentinians, formed one of the largest and most influential sects of Christianity in the second and third centuries. But by the fourth century, their writings had all but disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from the historical record, as the newly consolidated imperial Christian Church condemned as heretical all forms of what has come to be known as Gnosticism. Only in 1945 were their extensive original works finally rediscovered, and the resurrected "Gnostic Gospels" soon rooted themselves in both the scholarly and popular imagination.
Valentinian Christianity: Texts and Translations brings together for the first time all the extant texts composed by Valentinus and his followers. With accessible introductions and fresh translations based on new transcriptions of the original Greek and Coptic manuscripts on facing pages, Geoffrey S. Smith provides an illuminating, balanced overview of Valentinian Christianity and its formative place in Christian history.
Contents
Contents
Introduction: Valentinus and the Valentinian Tradition
Greek Texts
I. Fragments of Valentinus
II. Ptolemy's Letter to Flora
III. Fragments of Heracleon
IV. Excerpts of Theodotus
V. Anonymous Commentary on the Prologue of John
VI. Anonymous Letter
VII. Anonymous Commentary on Valentinus's "Summer Harvest"
Coptic Texts
VIII. Gospel of Truth
IX. Treatise on the Resurrection
X. Tripartite Tractate
XI. Gospel of Philip
XII. Valentinian Exposition
Inscription
XIII. Flavia Sophe
Bibliographies
Indices
