TY - BOOK AU - Doresse,Jean TI - The secret books of the Egyptian Gnostics: an introduction to the Gnostic Coptic manuscripts discovered at Chenoboskion SN - 9781567312270 AV - BT1390.D695.S437 1986 PY - 1986/// CY - New York PB - MJF Books KW - Gnosticism N1 - Translation of: Les livres secrets des gnostiques d'Egypte; 1 and indexes; The problem of gnosticism: its earliest known elements --; Original texts and monuments --; The story of a discovery --; Thirteen codices of papyrus --; Forty-four secret (and hitherto unknown) books --; The Sethians according to their writings --; The survival of gnosticism: from Manichaeism to the Islamic sects --; Epilogue --; Appendix I: The teaching of Simon Magus in the Chenoboskion manuscripts --; Appendix II: The Gospel according to Thomas; 2 ER -