Gnostic Authors

Basilides (120-140 A.D.)

• Basilides (Introduction)
• Academic Articles on Basilides

Valentinus (120-160 A.D.)

• Valentinus (Introduction)
• Full Biography of Valentinus
• Trinity in Valentinian Text
• Valentinus’s Myth according to Irenaeus
• Links on Valentinus
• Academic Articles on Valentinus

Marcion (130-140 A.D.)

• Marcion (Introduction)
• Marcion’s Antithesis (Book)
• Von Harnack’s Biography on Marcion
• Mead’s Essay on Marcion
• Marcion’s Gospel
• Why did Marcion reject the Old Testament?
• Marcion Priority
• Why is Marcion so controversial?
• Dating of Marcion’s Gospel
• Marcion with Luke
• Were Marcionites Gnostic?
• Carrigan on Marcion
• Embry on Marcion
• Academic Articles on Marcion

Epiphanes (130-160 A.D.)

• Epiphanes (Introduction)

Ptolemy (140-160 A.D.)

• Ptolemy (Introduction)
• Ptolemy in Justin was Ptolemy the disciple of Valentinus?
• Academic Articles on Ptolemy

Isidore (140-160 A.D.)

• Isidore (Introduction)
• Clement’s Quotations of Isidore

Theodotus (150-180 A.D.)

• Theodotus (Introduction)

Heracleon (150-180 A.D.)

• Heracleon (Introduction)

Apelles (160-180 A.D.)

• Apelles (Introduction)

Julius Cassianus (160-180 A.D.)

• Julius Cassianus (Introduction)

Gospel of Judas (130-170 A.D.)

• Gospel of Judas (Introduction)

Other

• Origins of the Gnostic Movement (David Litwa)
• Docetism Origins
• Gnostic Apocalypses for the Study of Jewish Mysticism (Prof. Burns)