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Parrott</a></li> <li><a href="text/eugnostos.html">Eugnostos the Blessed translated by Douglas M. Parrott</a></li> </ul> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul style="margin-right: 220px;"> <li><a href="info/sophia.html">Sophia of Jesus Christ</a></li> </ul> <h2>Books</h2> <ul style="margin-right: 220px;"> <li>James M. Robinson, ed., <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060669357/peterkirby">The Nag Hammadi Library in English</a> (San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins 1990), pp. 220-243.</li> </ul> <div><a href="books.html"><b>Recommended Books for the Study of Early Christian Writings</b></a></div> <h2>Information on Sophia of Jesus Christ</h2> <P> <i>The Sophia of Jesus Christ</i> is clearly dependent on <i>Eugnostos the Blessed</i>, both of which were unearthed at Nag Hammadi (in two differing copies for each). The Sophia of Jesus Christ transforms <i>Eugnostos</i> into a dialogue with Jesus. Douglas M. Parrott places the two side by side in his translation for the book <i>The Nag Hammadi Library in English</i> edited by Robinson.</p> <P> Parrott writes: "The notion of three divine men in the heavenly hierarchy appears to be based on Genesis 1-3 (Immortal Man = God; Son of Man = Adam [81,12]; Son of Son of Man, Savior = Seth). Because of the presence of Seth (although unnamed in the tractate), <i>Eugnostos</i> must be thought of as Sethian, in some sense. However, since it is not classically gnostic and lacks other elements of developed Sethian thought, it can only be characterized as proto-Sethian. Egyptian religious thought also appears to have influenced its picture of the supercelestial realm. The probable place of origin for <i>Eugnostos</i>, then, is Egypt. A very early date is suggested by the fact that Stoics, Epicureans and astrologers are called "all the philosophers." That characterization would have been appropriate in the first century B.C.E., but not later. <i>Eugnostos</i> and <i>Soph. Jes. Chr.</i> may have influenced the Sethian-Ophites, as described by Irenaeus. Some have proposed an influence by <i>Eugnostos</i> on Valentinianism. Because of the dating of <i>Eugnostos</i>, it would not be surprising if <i>Soph. Jes. Chr.</i> had been composed soon after the advent of Christianity in Egypt - the latter half of the first century C.E. That possibility is supported by the tractate's relatively nonpolemical tone." </P> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 20px;"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2665675471425577" data-ad-slot="3495055140"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div> <h2>Some Contemporary Texts</h2> <ul style="display: table;"> <li><a href="thomas.html">Gospel of Thomas</a> (50-140 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="oxyrhynchus1224.html">Oxyrhynchus 1224 Gospel</a> (50-140 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="apocalypseadam.html">Apocalypse of Adam</a> (50-150 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="eugnostos.html">Eugnostos the Blessed</a> (50-150 A.D.)</li> <li><b>Sophia of Jesus Christ</b> (50-200 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="mark.html">Gospel of Mark</a> (65-80 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="james.html">Epistle of James</a> (70-100 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="egerton.html">Egerton Gospel</a> (70-120 A.D.)</li> <li><a href="gospelpeter.html">Gospel of Peter</a> (70-160 A.D.)</li> </ul> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> <hr width="50%"> <p style="text-align: center">Go to the <a href="index.html">Chronological List</a> of all Early Christian Writings</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-size:135%;">Please <a href="http://earlywritings.com/buy/">buy the CD</a> to support the site, view it without ads, and get bonus stuff!</p> <div id="infoleft"></div> <div id="inforight"></div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footleft"></div> <div id="footright"></div> </div> <div id="whitebottomlayer"> <p id="copyrightnotice"><a href="index.html">Early Christian Writings</a> is copyright © <script language="JavaScript">  </script> Peter Kirby <code><<a href="http://www.peterkirby.com/">E-Mail</a>&gt</code>.</p> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2Fearlychristianwritingscom%2F121187514627340&send=false&layout=box_count&width=55&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=65" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:55px; height:65px; float: left; margin-left: 15px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">  <div class="g-plusone"></div>  <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); </script> <div><a href="https://twitter.com/mrpeterkirby" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-size="large" data-dnt="true">Follow @mrpeterkirby</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script></div> </div> <div id="buythecd"><a href="http://earlywritings.com/buy/"><img src="pic/textanim.gif" alt="Get the CD Now!" width="108" height="39"></a></div> <div style="width: 500px; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 8px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 50px;"><div style="position: absolute; width: 40px; height: 40px;"><b>MLA<br>Style</b></div><div style="position: relative; left: 40px;"><p>Kirby, Peter. 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