TY - BOOK AU - Perkins,Pheme TI - Gnosticism and the New Testament SN - 9780800628017 AV - BT1390.P451.G567 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Gnosticism KW - Gnostic literature KW - Relation to the New Testament N1 - 1 (pages 239-248) and indexes.; Part One. Gnostic Origins: 1. The search for pre-Christian Gnosticism --; 2. Gnosticism and the Jewish connection --; 3. Gnostic influence and the new testament --; 4. Reconstructing Gnostic history --; Part Two. Gnostic and New Testament Traditions: 5. Jesus as teacher of wisdom: sayings and revelation --; 6. Gnosis and the Pauline tradition --; 7. Redeemer myths and new testament hymns --; 8. Jesus as word --; 9. Discourses of the revealer --; Part Three. Gnostic Christianity: 10. Gnostic identity: conversion and asceticism --; 11. Women disciples and worshipers --; 12. Christians: Gnostic and orthodox; 2 ER -