title: The Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene (Sacred Texts)
author:  Alan Jacobs 
description: <b>Alan Jacobs </b>has made a lifelong study of mysticism and is a regularly published author and poet. He is the editor of Poetry for the Spirit and Tales from Rumi and the beautiful poetic translations of The Upanisads also in this series. <br /><br />The Reverend Doctor <b>Vrej Nersessian</b> is the curator of the Christian Middle East section at the British Library. He is a senior priest at the Armenian Apostolic Church, holds a doctorate in Theology from Kings College London and is a world authority on Christian Middle East as well as an author of a number of significant works.
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  The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus
  
  
  The Definitive Collection of Mystical Gospels and Secret Books about Jesus of
  Nazareth
  
  
  Marvin Meyer
  
  
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  I wish to express my gratitude to Chapman University and the Griset Chair in
  Bible and Christian Studies for the generous support of my research.  
  
  
  A number of people at Harper San Francisco have been very helpful in producing
  this book, among them Eric Brandt, John Loudon, Kris Ashley, and Lisa Zuniga.  
  
  
  To my wife and children I offer my special thanks. They have been patient with
  my preoccupations and have encouraged me with their wisdom.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part One](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  The Gospel of Thomas with the Greek Gospel of Thomas fragments
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part Two](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  The Gospel of Mary
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part Three](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  The Gospel of Philip
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part Four](part0015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  The Gospel of Truth by Valentinus
  
  
  
  