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The works in this collection are heretical—a heretical counterpart of the holy Scriptures of Christianity and Judaism (which Gnostics also read). But despite their highly unorthodox character, these works shed great light on the theology, atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. The Gnostic movement did not simply share in the culture to which early...

spans of time. 30 For whatever shares in an eternal realm has been prepared beforehand.c 31 And it [has not been] divided by time […] any other, for it does not receive anything. 33 For […]d 34 For […] it, so that it might receive from […]. 36 For it gazes upon itself [alone (?)] within 4 its perfect light. 1 For it is majesty;a it is an immeasurable […].b 3 [It is] eternity, [as] bestowingc eternity.d 3 It is life, as bestowing life. 4 It is blessed, as bestowing blessedness. 5 It is acquaintance,
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