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title="Ogdoad (Gnosticism)">Ogdoad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleroma" title="Pleroma">Pleroma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_(Gnosticism)" title="Sophia (Gnosticism)">Sophia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uthra" title="Uthra">Uthra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_of_Light" title="World of Light">World of Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness_(Mandaeism)" title="World of Darkness (Mandaeism)">World of Darkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaldabaoth" title="Yaldabaoth">Yaldabaoth</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sects" title="List of Gnostic sects">Gnostic sects</a> and founders</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sects" title="List of Gnostic sects">List of Gnostic sects</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Proto-Gnosticism" title="Proto-Gnosticism">Proto-Gnosticism</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magh%C4%81riya" class="mw-redirect" title="Maghāriya">Maghāriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasines" title="Thomasines">Thomasines</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Judean / Israelite</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a></li></ul></li> <li>Elksai <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elkasaites" class="mw-redirect" title="Elkasaites">Elkasaites</a></li></ul></li> <li>Samaritan Baptist <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dositheos_(Samaritan)" title="Dositheos (Samaritan)">Dositheos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Magus" title="Simon Magus">Simon Magus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Simonians" title="Simonians">Simonians</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menander_(gnostic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menander (gnostic)">Menander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quqites" title="Quqites">Quqites</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Christian Gnosticism</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apelles_(gnostic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apelles (gnostic)">Apelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerinthus" title="Cerinthus">Cerinthus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_(gnostic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Justin (gnostic)">Justin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcion_of_Sinope" title="Marcion of Sinope">Marcion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcionism" title="Marcionism">Marcionism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolaism" title="Nicolaism">Nicolaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perates" title="Perates">Perates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturninus_of_Antioch" title="Saturninus of Antioch">Saturninus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophites" title="Ophites">Ophites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sethianism" title="Sethianism">Sethianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilides" title="Basilides">Basilides</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilideans" title="Basilideans">Basilideans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentinus_(Gnostic)" title="Valentinus (Gnostic)">Valentinus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Valentinianism" title="Valentinianism">Valentinianism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_(Marcosian)" title="Marcus (Marcosian)">Marcus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcosians" title="Marcosians">Marcosians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florinus_(Gnostic)" title="Florinus (Gnostic)">Florinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naassenes" title="Naassenes">Naassenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasines" title="Thomasines">Thomasine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbelo" title="Barbelo">Barbelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borborites" title="Borborites">Borborites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpocratians_(Gnostic_sect)" title="Carpocratians (Gnostic sect)">Carpocratians (Gnostic sect)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerdo_(Gnostic)" title="Cerdo (Gnostic)">Cerdo (Gnostic)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Persian Gnosticism</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mani_(prophet)" title="Mani (prophet)">Mani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manichaeism" title="Manichaeism">Manichaeism</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Chinese Gnosticism</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Manichaeism" title="Chinese Manichaeism">Chinese Manichaeism</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Islamic Gnosticism</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nusayrism" class="mw-redirect" title="Nusayrism">Nusayrism</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Modern</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism_in_modern_times" title="Gnosticism in modern times">Modern schools</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_texts" title="List of Gnostic texts">Scriptures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_texts" title="List of Gnostic texts">List of Gnostic texts</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Texts</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library" title="Nag Hammadi library">Nag Hammadi library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Abdias" title="Pseudo-Abdias">Pseudo-Abdias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementine_literature" title="Clementine literature">Clementine literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism_and_the_New_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnosticism and the New Testament">Gnosticism and the New Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandaean_texts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mandaean texts">Mandaean scriptures</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Codex" title="Codex">Codices</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Tchacos" title="Codex Tchacos">Codex Tchacos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cologne_Mani-Codex" title="Cologne Mani-Codex">Cologne Mani-Codex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askew_Codex" title="Askew Codex">Askew Codex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Codex" title="Bruce Codex">Bruce Codex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Codex" title="Berlin Codex">Berlin Codex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Codex Nasaraeus</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Influenced by</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalyptic_literature" title="Apocalyptic literature">Apocalyptic literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism#Relation_with_early_Christianity" title="Gnosticism">Early Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">Christology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docetism" title="Docetism">Docetism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism#Paul_and_Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Paul and Gnosticism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism" title="Merkabah mysticism">Merkabah mysticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Platonism" title="Middle Platonism">Middle Platonism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philo" title="Philo">Philo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisdom_(personification)" title="Wisdom (personification)">Wisdom (personification)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Influence on</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Jung" title="Carl Jung">Carl Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esoteric_Christianity" title="Esoteric Christianity">Esoteric Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_theosophy" title="Christian theosophy">Christian theosophy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism_in_modern_times" title="Gnosticism in modern times">Gnosticism in modern times</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neoplatonism_and_Gnosticism" title="Neoplatonism and Gnosticism">Neoplatonism and Gnosticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perennial_philosophy" title="Perennial philosophy">Perennial philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelema" title="Thelema">Thelema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theosophy" title="Theosophy">Theosophy (Blavatskian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_esotericism" title="Western esotericism">Western esotericism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Gu%C3%A9non" title="René Guénon">René Guénon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner" title="Rudolf Steiner">Rudolf Steiner</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output 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navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gnosticism" title="Template:Gnosticism"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Gnosticism" title="Template talk:Gnosticism"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Gnosticism" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Gnosticism"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Testimony of Truth</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostic</a> Christian text.<sup id="cite_ref-bvo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the third of three <a href="/wiki/Treatise" title="Treatise">treatises</a> in <a href="/wiki/Codex" title="Codex">Codex</a> IX of the <a href="/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library" title="Nag Hammadi library">Nag Hammadi library</a> texts, taking up pages 29–74 of the codex.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977XIV_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977XIV-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original title is unknown; the editor created the title based on expressions in the text, such as "the word of truth" and "true testimony."<sup id="cite_ref-hag_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hag-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text is a <a href="/wiki/Homily" title="Homily">homily</a> that argues for accepting spiritual truth and renouncing the material world.<sup id="cite_ref-codex9_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-codex9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author interprets the <a href="/wiki/Serpents_in_the_Bible" title="Serpents in the Bible">serpent</a> that instructed <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eve" title="Eve">Eve</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>, who revealed knowledge of a malevolent Creator.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Testimony of Truth</i> is also the only Nag Hammadi text that identifies opposing Gnostic <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> groups by name.<sup id="cite_ref-bvo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Testimony_of_Truth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The text was discovered in <a href="/wiki/Nag_Hammadi" title="Nag Hammadi">Nag Hammadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, in 1945<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977IX_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977IX-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as one of the 51 total treatises transcribed into the 13 codices that make up the Nag Hammadi library.<sup id="cite_ref-vdb_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vdb-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The codices had been buried around 400 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson19772_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson19772-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writing is a <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a> translation of a <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> original.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson19772_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson19772-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Authorship of the original <i>Testimony of Truth</i> text is estimated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, near <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nhl1996_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhl1996-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The beginning of the text (pages 29–45) is the best preserved section, whereas the rest of the text is fragmentary.<sup id="cite_ref-clare_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clare-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the last pages of the codex (75–76) are missing.<sup id="cite_ref-clare_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clare-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, approximately 45 percent of the text is lost or damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013143_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013143-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with the rest of the works in the Nag Hammadi library, the text was translated into <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and published in <i>The Nag Hammadi Library in English</i> in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-NHLE_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHLE-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The publication was part of the work of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project, which began in 1966 at <a href="/wiki/Claremont_Graduate_University" title="Claremont Graduate University">Claremont Graduate University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977IX_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeyerRobinson1977IX-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Birger_A._Pearson" title="Birger A. Pearson">Birger A. Pearson</a> and Søren Giverson translated the text to English.<sup id="cite_ref-nhl81_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhl81-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Testimony_of_Truth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opening addresses those who have searched for truth but have been influenced by the old ways of the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a> and the scribes,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who belong to the <a href="/wiki/Archon_(Gnosticism)" title="Archon (Gnosticism)">archons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who follow the Law are unable to understand the truth<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are limited by their carnal desires.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Son_of_man_(Christianity)" title="Son of man (Christianity)">Son of Man</a>, who came from Imperishability,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reveals the truth<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has overcome passions.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The foolish who confess to being <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> only in word and not with power<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> will fall into the hands of the principalities and authorities because of their ignorance.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Son of Man performed many mighty works, including <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">raising the dead</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">walking on water</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the empty martyrs cannot raise themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Those who believe they will be saved through martyrdom are misguided, since <a href="/wiki/Salvation" title="Salvation">salvation</a> is not achieved through death.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, knowledge and self-awareness leads to true salvation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrection</a> of the flesh, which many people expect, is instead a path to destruction.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> True salvation is achieved through understanding and embracing the <a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">word of God</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and those who do so will be transferred to the heights and achieve eternal life.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But those who receive the word with ignorance will be dominated by defiled pleasures and will not reach <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The text describes the journey of a man who renounces the material world and turns towards the truth to gain knowledge of God and himself.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gains wisdom and insight, breaking free from the constraints of the material world and entering into imperishability.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a person knows both themselves and God, they will be saved and receive the <a href="/wiki/Five_crowns" title="Five crowns">crown unfading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text also distinguishes between the births of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Christ</a> and encourages the reader to seek the meaning of the mysteries behind their births.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Brazen Serpent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg/150px-Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg/225px-Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg/300px-Tissot_The_Brazen_Serpent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="830" /></a><figcaption>The Brazen Serpent watercolor painting by <a href="/wiki/James_Tissot" title="James Tissot">James Tissot</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The text criticizes the God of the Law as portrayed in Genesis, calling him malicious and envious of Adam for eating from the <a href="/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil" title="Tree of the knowledge of good and evil">tree of the knowledge of good and evil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author argues that the serpent that instructed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is Christ,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> citing the bronze serpent from <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers">Numbers</a> 21:9.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author believes that simply saying "we believe in Christ" is not enough and true <a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Christianity" title="Faith in Christianity">faith</a> requires a spiritual understanding of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The latter part of the text discusses different Gnostic sects and their leaders, including <a href="/wiki/Valentinus_(Gnostic)" title="Valentinus (Gnostic)">Valentinus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Basilides" title="Basilides">Basilides</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Simon_Magus" title="Simon Magus">Simon Magus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It criticizes the teachings of these leaders and their followers, who do not truly understand salvation.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author calls them heretics,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> says they belong to the archons,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and expects punishment in an unquenchable fire.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author continues condemning those who have failed to renounce their desires, saying they are gratified by unrighteous <a href="/wiki/Mammon" title="Mammon">Mammon</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the father of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But those who renounce their desires are from the generation of the Son of Man.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The conclusion emphasizes the importance of finding the life-giving word and coming to know the Father of Truth.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The end of seeking leads to rest and silence.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> of truth is achieved through renunciation of the world,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and those who only say they are renouncing it are lying.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some have fallen away to <a href="/wiki/Idolatry" title="Idolatry">worship of idols</a> or have <a href="/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">demons</a> dwelling with them, as <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a> did.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a>, whom David begat in adultery, used demonic powers to build Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The free man is not envious and is set apart from everyone.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Testimony_of_Truth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Blake_Eve_Tempted_by_the_Serpent_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Eve Tempted by the Serpent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/William_Blake_Eve_Tempted_by_the_Serpent_detail.jpg/250px-William_Blake_Eve_Tempted_by_the_Serpent_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/William_Blake_Eve_Tempted_by_the_Serpent_detail.jpg/330px-William_Blake_Eve_Tempted_by_the_Serpent_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="649" /></a><figcaption>Eve Tempted by the Serpent painting by <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Translator Birger Pearson outlines the structure of <i>Testimony of Truth</i> by dividing it into two sections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020102–103_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020102–103-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first section consists of radical renunciation, criticism of "foolish" <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholics</a>, rejection of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_reproduction" title="Sexual reproduction">sexual reproduction</a>, a description of the archetypical Gnostic, and a conclusion that emphasizes knowing truth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020103–105_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020103–105-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pearson believes that the "first edition" of the text may have ended after the first section, and the remaining material complements the earlier arguments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020105_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020105-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second section of the text consists of an emphasis on Christ's passing through a virginal womb, an interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">Genesis 3</a> that parallels <i><a href="/wiki/Hypostasis_of_the_Archons" title="Hypostasis of the Archons">Hypostasis of the Archons</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_the_World" title="On the Origin of the World">On the Origin of the World</a></i>, the nature of true faith, and an anti-heretical thrust against other Gnostics.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106–108_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106–108-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pearson also looks at the entirety of the text and notes that its <a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">Christology</a> is largely based on the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020110_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020110-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text contains allusions, quotations, interpretations, and allegories relating to the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>, but <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> literature is utilized much more often.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020112_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020112-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text's author also had access to extra-canonical Christian literature.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020113–114_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020113–114-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The totality of the text is undoubtedly Gnostic, but it is unclear to which Gnostic group the author belonged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020114–116_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020114–116-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pearson considers it likely that the text originates from Alexandria, based on the influence of speculative wisdom within <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism" title="Hellenistic Judaism">Hellenistic Judaism</a>, especially the views of <a href="/wiki/Philo" title="Philo">Philo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020117_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020117-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the location and date of the text's origin, Pearson hypothesizes that Julius Cassianus could have been its author.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–120_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–120-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Stromata" title="Stromata">Stromata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandria" title="Clement of Alexandria">Clement of Alexandria</a> criticizes Cassianus for his <a href="/wiki/Docetism" title="Docetism">docetism</a> and rejection of procreation, and Clement states that Cassianus had left the <a href="/wiki/Valentinianism" title="Valentinianism">Valentinian</a> school.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–119_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–119-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clement's description of Cassianus closely aligns with the views expressed by the author of <i>Testimony of Truth</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020119–120_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020119–120-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Religious historian<sup id="cite_ref-reavescc_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reavescc-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pamela Mullins Reaves examines how the text redefines Christian identity by rejecting ritualization.<sup id="cite_ref-reaves_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reaves-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She begins by noting that <a href="/wiki/Early_Christianity" title="Early Christianity">Early Christians</a> reinterpreted martyrdom using sacrificial language within the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> framework, comparing their own persecution to that of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013141–142_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013141–142-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Testimony of Truth</i> challenges the martyrs' misguided motives.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013143_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013143-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text promotes silence as a way to mend rifts in the Early Christian community.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013151_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013151-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mullins also notes the text's criticism of water baptism.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013157_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013157-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text's author considers the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a> representative of bodily desires and advocates renunciation and asceticism as the proper Christian identity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013157–158_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013157–158-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the text emphasizes individual progress toward knowledge instead of group rituals, but it also supports good communal relations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReaves2013173–176_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReaves2013173–176-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Testimony_of_Truth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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San Francisco: Harper & Row. pp. <span class="nowrap">406–</span>416. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780060669294" title="Special:BookSources/9780060669294"><bdi>9780060669294</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Nag+Hammadi+library+in+English&rft.place=San+Francisco&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E406-%3C%2Fspan%3E416&rft.pub=Harper+%26+Row&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=9780060669294&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Birger+A.&rft.au=Giverson%2C+S%C3%B8ren&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnaghammadilibrar00jame%2Fpage%2F406%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATestimony+of+Truth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 406–407. 29:9–14. "For many have sought after the truth and have not been able to find it; because there has taken hold of them the old leaven of the Pharisees and the scribes"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 29:18–21. "The Pharisees and the scribes are those who belong to the archons who have authority over them."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 29:22–24. "For no one who is under the Law will be able to look up to the truth"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 30:5–7. "But passion which is a delight to them constrains the souls of those who are begotten"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 30:18–19. "But the Son of Man came forth from Imperishability"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 31:5–8. "And this is what the Son of Man reveals to us: It is fitting for you (pl.) to receive the word of truth."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 31:13–15. "Those who have known Imperishability, however, have been able to struggle against passions"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 31:22–26. "The foolish—thinking in their heart that if they confess 'We are Christians' in word only but not with power"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 32:4–8. "...hasten towards the principalities and the authorities. They fall into their clutches because of the ignorance that is in them"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 32:24–27. "He went down to Hades and performed many mighty works. He raised the dead therein"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 33:8–9. "And he walked upon the waters of the sea."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 407. 33:24–29; 34:1. "These are empty martyrs, since they bear witness only to themselves. And yet they are sick, and they are not able to raise themselves."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 408. 34:26–28; 35:1–3. "And some say, 'On the last day we will certainly arise in the resurrection.' But they do not know what they are saying."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 408. 36:26–28. "This is the perfect life, that man know himself by means of the All."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 409. 36:29–30; 37:1. "Do not expect, therefore, the carnal resurrection, which is destruction"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 409. 37:23–25. "Those who do not have the word which gives life in their heart will die"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 409. 38:22–27. "Those who receive him to themselves with uprightness and power and every knowledge are the ones whom he will transfer to the heights, unto life eternal."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 409. 38:27–29; 39:1. "But those who receive him to themselves with ignorance, the pleasures which defile rule over them."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 410. 41:4–8. "No one knows the God of truth except solely the man who will forsake all of the things of the world"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 410. 44:23–25. "He bore witness to the truth [...] the power, and he went into Imperishability"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 411. 45:1–6. "...the true testimony: When man knows himself and God who is over the truth, he will be saved, and he will be crowned with the crown unfading."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 411. 45:6–11. "John was begotten by the Word through a woman, Elizabeth; and Christ was begotten by the Word through a virgin, Mary. What is the meaning of this mystery?"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 412. 47:28–30. "Surely he has shown himself to be a malicious envier."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 412. 49:5–9. "'...the one who will believe in this bronze serpent will be saved.' For this is Christ; those who believed in him have received life."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 412. 48:26–28. "Again it is written (Numbers 21:9), 'He made a serpent of bronze and hung it upon a pole'"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Numbers%2021:8–9">Numbers 21:8–9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 412. 50:1–3. "...you do not understand Christ spiritually when you say, 'We believe in Christ."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 56:4–5. "...his disciples resemble the disciples of Valentinus."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 57:6–8. "Isidore, also, his son, resembled Basilides."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 58:2–4. "For the Simonians take wives and beget children."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 55:4. "But they know not what salvation is"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 59:4. "...the heretics"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 59:8–9. "...belong to the world-rulers of darkness"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 413. 60:3–4. "...in a fire unquenchable [...] they are punished."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 68:3–4. "...they are gratified by unrighteous Mammon."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 68:7–8. "But he who is father of Mammon is also the father of sexual intercourse."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 68:8–11. "But he who is able to renounce them shows that he is from the generation of the Son of Man"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 69:1–3. "But he who has found the life-giving word and he who has come to know the Father of Truth has come to rest."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 69:3–4. "...he has ceased seeking, having found. And when he found he became silent."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 69:22–24. "But the baptism of truth is something else; it is by renunciation of the world that it is found."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 414. 69:24–26. "But those who say only with the tongue that they are renouncing it are lying"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 415. 69:33; 70:1–4. "...some of them fall away to the worship of idols. Others have demons dwelling within them as did David the king."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 415. 70:6–9. "Solomon, whom he begat in adultery, is the one who built Jerusalem by means of demons, because he received their powers."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearsonGiverson1981">Pearson & Giverson 1981</a>, p. 415. 73:3–5. "A free man is not envious. He is set apart from everyone"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020102–103-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020102–103_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 102–103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020103–105-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020103–105_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 103–105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020105-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020105_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106–108-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020106–108_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 106–108.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020110-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020110_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 110.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020112-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020112_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 112.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020113–114-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020113–114_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 113–114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020114–116-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020114–116_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 114–116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020117-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020117_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 117.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–120-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–120_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 118–120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–119-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020118–119_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 118–119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2020119–120-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2020119–120_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2020">Pearson 2020</a>, p. 119–120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reavescc-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-reavescc_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/reaves_pamela_mullins.html">"Pamela Reaves - Colorado College"</a>. <i>www.coloradocollege.edu</i>. 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title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas" title="Gospel of Thomas">Gospel of Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Philip" title="Gospel of Philip">Gospel of Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypostasis_of_the_Archons" title="Hypostasis of the Archons">Hypostasis of the Archons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_the_World" title="On the Origin of the World">On the Origin of the World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exegesis_on_the_Soul" title="Exegesis on the Soul">Exegesis on the Soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Thomas_the_Contender" title="Book of Thomas the Contender">Book of Thomas the Contender</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex III</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a> (shorter version)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Book_of_the_Great_Invisible_Spirit" title="Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit">Gospel of the Egyptians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_Eugnostos" title="Epistle of Eugnostos">Eugnostos the Blessed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sophia_of_Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sophia of Jesus Christ">The Sophia of Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialogue_of_the_Saviour" title="Dialogue of the Saviour">Dialogue of the Saviour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex IV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a> (longer version)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Book_of_the_Great_Invisible_Spirit" title="Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit">Gospel of the Egyptians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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Peter and the Twelve">Acts of Peter and the Twelve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Thunder,_Perfect_Mind" title="The Thunder, Perfect Mind">The Thunder, Perfect Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authoritative_Discourse" title="Authoritative Discourse">Authoritative Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concept_of_Our_Great_Power" title="Concept of Our Great Power">Concept of Our Great Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_(Plato)" title="Republic (Plato)">Plato, <i>The Republic</i> 588A-589B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Discourse_on_the_Eighth_and_Ninth" title="The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth">The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_of_Thanksgiving" title="Prayer of Thanksgiving">The Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asclepius_(treatise)" title="Asclepius (treatise)">Asclepius 21–29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex VII</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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to Philip">Letter of Peter to Philip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex IX</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_(text)" title="Melchizedek (text)">Melchizedek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thought_of_Norea" title="Thought of Norea">Thought of Norea</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Testimony of Truth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex X</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marsanes" title="Marsanes">Marsanes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex XI</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interpretation_of_Knowledge" title="Interpretation of Knowledge">Interpretation of Knowledge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentinian_Exposition" title="Valentinian Exposition">Valentinian Exposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allogenes" title="Allogenes">Allogenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypsiphrone" title="Hypsiphrone">Hypsiphrone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codex XII</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sentences_of_Sextus" title="Sentences of Sextus">Sentences of Sextus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Truth" title="Gospel of Truth">Gospel of Truth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_Codex_XIII" title="Nag Hammadi Codex XIII">Codex XIII</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trimorphic_Protennoia" title="Trimorphic Protennoia">Trimorphic Protennoia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_the_World" title="On the Origin of the World">On the Origin of the World</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Adam_and_Eve170" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div 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href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Book of Genesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eve" title="Eve">Eve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offspring</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Cain and Abel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cain" title="Cain">Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel" title="Abel">Abel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aclima" title="Aclima">Aclima</a> <ul><li>Luluwa</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awan_(religious_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Awan (religious figure)">Awan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azura_(religious_figure)" title="Azura (religious figure)">Azura</a></li> <li>Jumella</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related theology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">Fall of man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil" title="Tree of the knowledge of good and evil">Tree of the knowledge of good and evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpents_in_the_Bible" title="Serpents in the Bible">Serpents in the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbidden_fruit" title="Forbidden fruit">Forbidden fruit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_(symbolism)" title="Apple (symbolism)">Apple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fig_leaf" title="Fig leaf">Fig leaf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figs_in_the_Bible" title="Figs in the Bible">Figs in the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_ale" title="Adam's ale">Adam's ale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamic_language" title="Adamic language">Adamic language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camael" title="Camael">Camael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protevangelium" class="mw-redirect" title="Protevangelium">Protevangelium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seed_of_the_woman" title="Seed of the woman">Seed of the woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamsiel" title="Shamsiel">Shamsiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilith" title="Lilith">Lilith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biblical)" title="Tree of life (biblical)">Tree of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegorical_interpretations_of_Genesis" title="Allegorical interpretations of Genesis">Allegorical interpretations of Genesis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cultures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam%E2%80%93God_doctrine" title="Adam–God doctrine">Adam–God doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism" title="Adam and Eve in Mormonism">Adam and Eve in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_in_Islam" title="Adam in Islam">Adam in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_in_rabbinic_literature" title="Adam in rabbinic literature">Adam in rabbinic literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-A%27raf" title="Al-A'raf">Al-A'raf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">Endowment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_(Hinduism)" title="Manu (Hinduism)">Manu (Hinduism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashya_and_Mashyana" title="Mashya and Mashyana">Mashya and Mashyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_seed" title="Serpent seed">Serpent seed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_Jiva_and_Atman" title="Tree of Jiva and Atman">Tree of Jiva and Atman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Quran)" title="Tree of life (Quran)">Tree of life (Quran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Endor_Coven" title="Our Lady of Endor Coven">Our Lady of Endor Coven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mama%27s_Affair_(1921_film)" title="Mama's Affair (1921 film)">Mama's Affair</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Eve!" title="Good Morning, Eve!">Good Morning, Eve!</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broken_Jug_(film)" title="The Broken Jug (film)">The Broken Jug</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Original_Sin_(film)" title="The Original Sin (film)">The Original Sin</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Lives_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Private Lives of Adam and Eve">The Private Lives of Adam and Eve</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_pecado_de_Ad%C3%A1n_y_Eva" title="El pecado de Adán y Eva">El pecado de Adán y Eva</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Biblia_en_pasta" title="La Biblia en pasta">La Biblia en pasta</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Annunciation_(film)" title="The Annunciation (film)">The Annunciation</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Time_Lucky" title="Second Time Lucky">Second Time Lucky</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adipapam" title="Adipapam">Adipapam</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_(1992_film)" title="Adam (1992 film)">Adam</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babs_(2000_film)" title="Babs (2000 film)">Babs</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Eve" title="The Last Eve">The Last Eve</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Year_One_(film)" title="Year One (film)">Year One</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man_(film)" title="The Tragedy of Man (film)">The Tragedy of Man</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Dog" title="Adam and Dog">Adam and Dog</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tropico_(2013_film)" title="Tropico (2013 film)">Tropico</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Jeu_d%27Adam" title="Le Jeu d'Adam">Le Jeu d'Adam</a></i> (12th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broken_Jug" title="The Broken Jug">The Broken Jug</a></i> (1808)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man" title="The Tragedy of Man">The Tragedy of Man</a></i> (1861)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_of_the_World_and_Other_Business" title="The Creation of the World and Other Business">The Creation of the World and Other Business</a></i> (1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musicals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apple_Tree" title="The Apple Tree">The Apple Tree</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dude_(musical)" title="Dude (musical)">Dude</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_from_Paradise" title="Up from Paradise">Up from Paradise</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Eden" title="Children of Eden">Children of Eden</a></i> (1991)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_(Haydn)" title="The Creation (Haydn)">The Creation</a></i> (1798) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_structure" title="The Creation structure">structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_mort_d%27Adam" title="La mort d'Adam">La mort d'Adam</a></i> (1809)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C3%88ve_(Massenet)" title="Ève (Massenet)">Ève</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_Suite" title="Genesis Suite">Genesis Suite</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lilith_(opera)" title="Lilith (opera)">Lilith</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Adam" title="Apocalypse of Adam">Apocalypse of Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Adam" title="Books of Adam">Books of Adam</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Penitence_of_Adam" title="Book of the Penitence of Adam">Book of the Penitence of Adam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Treasures" title="Cave of Treasures">Cave of Treasures</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_amigo_de_%C3%89l_y_Ella" title="El amigo de Él y Ella">El amigo de Él y Ella</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_A" title="Genesis A">Genesis A</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_B" title="Genesis B">Genesis B</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell_(drama)" title="Harrowing of Hell (drama)">Harrowing of Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="Life of Adam and Eve">Life of Adam and Eve</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Adam" title="Testament of Adam">Testament of Adam</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Testimony of Truth</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_Adam_and_Eve_with_Satan" title="Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan">Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan</a></i> (6th century)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Saxon_Genesis" title="Old Saxon Genesis">Old Saxon Genesis</a>" (9th century)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam_lay_ybounden" title="Adam lay ybounden">Adam lay ybounden</a>" (15th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i> (1667)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Dernier_Homme" title="Le Dernier Homme">Le Dernier Homme</a></i> (1805)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extracts_from_Adam%27s_Diary" title="Extracts from Adam's Diary">Extracts from Adam's Diary</a></i> (1904)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve%27s_Diary" title="Eve's Diary">Eve's Diary</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Genesis_(comic)" title="The Book of Genesis (comic)">The Book of Genesis</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve">The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernward_Doors" title="Bernward Doors">Bernward Doors</a> (1015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapestry_of_Creation" title="Tapestry of Creation">Tapestry of Creation</a> (11th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden" title="Expulsion from the Garden of Eden">Expulsion from the Garden of Eden</a></i> (1425)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vienna_Diptych" title="Vienna Diptych">Vienna Diptych</a></i> (15th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Bosch,_Vienna)" title="The Last Judgment (Bosch, Vienna)">The Last Judgment</a></i> (1482)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights" title="The Garden of Earthly Delights">The Garden of Earthly Delights</a></i> (1504)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(D%C3%BCrer)" title="Adam and Eve (Dürer)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1507)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam" title="The Creation of Adam">The Creation of Adam</a></i> (1512)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Haywain_Triptych" title="The Haywain Triptych">The Haywain Triptych</a></i> (1516)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve,_the_Serpent_and_Death" title="Eve, the Serpent and Death">Eve, the Serpent and Death</a></i> (1510s or 1520s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Cranach)" title="Adam and Eve (Cranach)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1528)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve/Gideon_and_the_Fleece" title="Adam and Eve/Gideon and the Fleece">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Man_(Titian)" title="The Fall of Man (Titian)">The Fall of Man</a></i> (1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Tintoretto)" title="Adam and Eve (Tintoretto)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (c. 1550)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Eden_with_the_Fall_of_Man" title="The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man">The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man</a></i> (1617)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Man_(Rubens)" title="The Fall of Man (Rubens)">The Fall of Man</a></i> (1628)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_the_Garden_of_Eden" title="Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden">Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden</a></i> (c. 1650)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Poussin)" title="The Four Seasons (Poussin)">The Four Seasons</a></i> (1660s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Koren_Picture-Bible_(1692%E2%80%931696)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Koren Picture-Bible (1692–1696)">The Koren Picture-Bible</a></i> (1692–1696)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Blake%27s_illustrations_of_Paradise_Lost" title="William Blake's illustrations of Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i> (19th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden_(Cole)" title="Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Cole)">Expulsion from the Garden of Eden</a></i> (1828)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Mourning" title="The First Mourning">The First Mourning</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Rodin)" title="Adam and Eve (Rodin)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Valadon)" title="Adam and Eve (Valadon)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eve_(Davidson)" title="Eve (Davidson)"> Eve</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_(Tamara_de_Lempicka)" title="Adam and Eve (Tamara de Lempicka)">Adam and Eve</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Serpent_Chooses_Adam_and_Eve" title="The Serpent Chooses Adam and Eve">The Serpent Chooses Adam and Eve</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Lebrun)" title="Genesis (Lebrun)">Genesis</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dese_Bones_G%27wine_Rise_Again" title="Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again">Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam-ondi-Ahman_(hymn)" title="Adam-ondi-Ahman (hymn)">Adam-ondi-Ahman</a>" (1835)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Fruit_(No%C3%ABl_Coward_song)" title="Forbidden Fruit (Noël Coward song)">Forbidden Fruit</a>" (1915)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Eden_(song)" title="The Garden of Eden (song)">The Garden of Eden</a>" (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" title="In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida">In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida</a>" (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Give_Adam_and_Eve_Another_Chance" title="Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance">Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance</a>" (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_Gave_Names_to_All_the_Animals" title="Man Gave Names to All the Animals">Man Gave Names to All the Animals</a>" (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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