Pistis Sophia
Pistis Sophia is a Coptic Gnostic text preserved in the Askew Codex.
Established The Askew Codex was bought by the British Museum in 1785 from the heirs of the physician Anthony Askew and is now in the British Library. The text presents teachings of the risen Jesus to his disciples, including Mary Magdalene, about the fall and rescue of the figure Pistis Sophia.[1][2] Tradition / belief Within the text, the teachings are presented as revelations given during eleven years after the resurrection.[3] Scholarly debate Dating is uncertain; scholars usually place the Greek original in the third century CE.[4]
References
- ↑ G.R.S. Mead, Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Miscellany (1921). 2nd ed.; first English ed. 1896. Public domain; sacred-texts.com.
- ↑ Carl Schmidt, Koptisch-gnostische Schriften, vol. 1 (1905). German translation; public domain.
- ↑ Mead (1921), book 1.
- ↑ Mead (1921), introduction; later scholarship cited in modern editions.
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