The Sethians

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Primary Sources

	Epiphanius, Panarion 39; 40
	W. Foester & R. McL. Wilson, eds. Gnosis: A Selection of Gnostic Texts, Vol 1. Oxford: Clarendon, 1972-1974. pp.293-305.
	Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 5.19-12
	Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.29
	Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation With Annotations and Introductions . The Anchor Bible Reference Library. Garden City: Doubleday, 1995. ISBN: 0385478437.
	Philastrius, Haereses 3
	Pseudo-Tertullian, Against All Heresies 2.
	James Robinson & R. Smith, eds., The Nag Hammadi Library in English. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0060669357. pp.576.

Secondary Sources

	Harold W. Attridge, "Valentinian and Sethian Apocalyptic Traditions," Journal of Early Christian Studies 8.2 (2000): 173-211.
	B. Layton, ed. The Rediscovery of Gnosticism: Proceedings of the International Conferenceon Gnosticism at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, March 28-31, 1978. Leiden: Brill, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 9004061789.
	Kurt Rudolph, Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism. HarperCollins Publishers, 1987. ISBN: 0060670185. pp.432.
	Alan B. Scott, "Churches or Books? Sethian Social Organization," Journal of Early Christian Studies 3.2 (1995): 109-122.
	John D. Turner, "The Figure of Hecate and Dynamic Emanationism in The Chaldean Oracles, Sethian Gnosticism, and Neoplatonism," Second Century 7.4 (1989/90): 221-232.
	John D. Turner, "Sethian Gnosticism: A Literary History," Charles W. Hedrick & Robert Hodgson, eds. Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism and Early Christianity. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0913573167. pp.55-86.

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