a selection of Coptic texts with grammatical analysis and glossary /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Bentley Layton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dudley, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Peeters,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
226 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The secret book of John -- The revelation of Adam -- The reality of the rulers -- The thunder -- perfect intellect -- First thought in three forms -- The Egyptian Gospel -- Zostrianos (excerpts) -- The foreigner (excerpt) -- The three tablets of Seth -- The Gospel of truth -- A prayer of Paul and the Apostle -- Treatise on resurrection -- The Gospel according to Philip -- The Gospel according to Thomas -- The book of Thomas : the contender writing to the perfect.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Layton's Coptic Gnostic Chrestomathy is an essential tool for scholars and students of the Gnostic corpus. This text edition contains a large, representative selection of works in Coptic, ranging from Sethian Gnostic classics such as the Apocryphon of John to Valentinian works like the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip to the Mesopotamian Gospel of Thomas and Book of Thomas the Contender, all but one from the Nag Hammadi manuscript hoard. Laid out in readable literary format, the Coptic text is analyzed into its component morphs, clarifying the grammatical structure at every point. Greek words are annotated in footnotes, and esoteric Gnostic vocabulary in Egyptian Coptic is covered in a separate glossary. A brief introduction to each work points to information on problems of dialect, grammar, manuscript, and scholarly bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.