Apocryphon of John

Standard abbreviation: Ap. John

Other titles: Secret Book of John

Clavis numbers: ECCA 216

Category: Revelatory Dialogues

Related literature: First Thought in Three Forms, Pistis Sophia, Prayer of Mary at Bartos; Allogenes the Stranger 63,12–25 (with Ap. John II 3.25–33); Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29

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1. SUMMARY

2. RESOURCES

2.1 Web Sites and Other Online Resources

“Livre des secrets de Jean (NH II, 1; IV, 1).” Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi. Administrator: Eric Crégheur (features a French translation by Bernard Barc).

“Apocryphon of John Collection.” Gnostic Society Library (features links to several translations and other resources).

“Apocryphon of John.” Wikipedia.

2.2 Use in Popular Culture

Tori Amos, “Original Sinsuality” from the 2005 album The Beekeeper evokes the creation myth of Ap. John in the mention of “A tree of knowledge/Sophia would insist/You must eat of this.” The final verse invokes the names Yaldabaoth, Saklas, and Samael but treats the villain of Ap. John somewhat sympathetically: “You are not alone/In your darkness/You are not alone/Baby.”

2.3 Bibliographies

Scholer, David. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948–1969. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 1. Leiden: Brill, 1971.

———. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1970–1994. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 32.Leiden: Brill, 1997.

———. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1995–2006. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 65. Leiden: Brill, 2009

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1.1 Coptic

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum and Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen, P. 8502, pp. 19–77 (5th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, Inv. 4851 (Nag Hammadi Codex III), pp. 1–40 (4th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, Inv. 10544 (Nag Hammadi Codex II), pp. 1–32 (4th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, Inv. 10552 (Nag Hammadi Codex IV), pp. 1–49 (4th cent.)

Barc, Bernard, and Wolf-Peter Funk. Le Lívre des secrets de Jean. Recension brève (NH III, I; BG 2). Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Section “Textes” 33. Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval/Louvain-Paris: Peeters, 2007.

Giversen, Søren. Apocryphon Johannis: The Coptic Text of the Apocryphon Johannis in the Nag Hammadi Codex II with Translation, Introduction and Commentary. Acta Theologica Danica 5. Copenhagen: Prostant Apud Munksgaard, 1963 (edition and facing translation, pp. 46–109).

Krause, Martin, and Pahor Labib, eds. Die Drei Versionen des Apocryphon Johannes im koptischen Museum zu Alt-Kairo. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo 1. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1962 (editions and German translations, pp. 55–255).

Till, Walther, and Hans-Martin Schenke. Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502. TU 602. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1972 (edition and translation, pp. 79–193).

Waldstein, Michael, and Frederik Wisse. The Apocryphon of John: Synopsis of Nag Hammadi Codices III,3; II,1; and IV,1 with BG 8502,2. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 33. Leiden: Brill, 1985 (all four MSS in parallel with English translations, pp. 12–177).

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 English

Bream, H. N., trans. The Apocryphon of John and Other Coptic Translations. Baltimore, MD: Halgo, 1987.

Davies, Stevan L., trans. The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel Annotated and Explained. Skylight Paths Publishing, 2005

King, Karen L. The Secret Revelation of John. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006 (synoptic translation of BG and NHC II with variants NHC II, from Waldstein and Wisse, pp. 26–81).

Layton, Bentley, with David Brakke. The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations. 2d ed. New York: Doubleday, 2021 (translation of Ap. John; pp. 25–61; translation of Irenaeus, pp. 213–19).

Litwa, M. David. The Secret Book of John. Coptic Gospels and Associated Texts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Meyer, Marvin W. trans. (introduction by John D. Turner). “The Secret Book of John.” Pages 103–32 in The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. Edited by Marvin W. Meyer. New York: HarperOne, 2007.

Puech, Henri-Charles, and Beate Blatz. “The Apocryphon of John.” Page 387 in New Testament Apocrypha, vol. 1: Gospels and Related Literature. Edited by William Schneemelcher. Trans. R. McL.Wilson. Rev. ed. Cambridge: James Clarke. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991 (summary).

Thomassen, Einar. “A Source-Critical Translation of the Apocryphon of John (Short Recension).” Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies 10 (2025): 46–76.

Wisse, Frederik, trans. “The Apocryphon of John.” Pages 104–23 in The Nag Hammadi Library in English, 3rd ed. Edited by James M. Robinson and Richard Smith. San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row, 1988.

3.2.2 French

Barc, Bernard. “Livre des secrets de Jean.” Pages 207–95 in Écrits gnostiques: La Bibliothèque de Nag Hammadi. Edited by Jean-Pierre Mahé and Paul-Hubert Poirier. Paris: NRF, 2007 (separate translations of the long and short versions).

Tardieu, Michel. Écrits gnostiques: Codex de Berlin. Sources Gnostiques et Manichéennes 1. Paris: Cerf, 1984 (synoptic translation with NHC II and II, pp. 83–166; commentary, pp. 239–345).

3.2.3 German

Schenke, Hans-Martin. “Das Apokryphon des Johannes.” Pages 95–150 in vol. 1 of Nag Hammadi Deutsch. Edited by Hans-Martin Schenke, Ursula Ulrike Kaiser, and Hans-Gebhard Bethge. 3 vols. New York: de Gruyter, 2001, 2003, 2013.

Till, Walter, and Hans-Martin Schenke. Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502. 2d ed. TU 60, 2. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1972 (edition and translation, pp. 79–193).

3.3.4 Spanish

Torrents, José Montserrat. “Apócrifo de Juan (NHC II 1).” Pages 231–58 in vol. 1 of Textos gnósticos, biblioteca de Nag Hammadi. Edited by Antonio Piñero. 3 vols. Colección Paradigmas. Madrid: Trotta, 1997–2000.

3.3 General Works

Arai, Sasagu. “Zur Christologie des Apocryphons des Johannes.” NTS 15 (1968/1969): 302–18.

Barc, Bernard. “Caïn, Abel et Seth dans l’Apocryphon de Jean (BG) et dans les Écritures.” Pages 17-42 in L’Évangile selon Thomas et les textes de Nag Hammadi. Traditions et convergences. Actes du colloque tenu à Québec les 29, 30 et 31 mai 2003. Edited by Louis Painchaud and Paul-Hubert Poirier. Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi: Section “Études” 8. Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2007.

Barc, Bernard, and Louis Panchaud. “La Réécriture de l’Apocryphon de Jean à la lumière de l’hymne final de la version longue.” Mus 112 (1999):317-33.

Blackstone, W. J. “A Short Note on the Apocryphon of John.” VC 19 (1965): 163.

Brakke, David. “The Seed of Seth at the Flood. Biblical Interpretation and Gnostic Theological Reflection.” Pages 41–62 in Reading in Christian Communities. Essays on Interpretation in the Early Church. Edited by Charles A. Bobertz and David Brakke. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. “Libertines or Not: Fruit, Bread, Semen and Other Body Fluids in Gnosticism.” JECS 2.1 (1994): 15–31.

Burns, Dylan M. “Self-Begotten, Not Equal: The Pre-Existence of Christ and the Elect in the Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1 and par.).” Pages 263–80 in Perspektiven zur Präexistenz im Frühjudentum und frühen Christentum. Edited by J. Frey, F. Kunath, and J. Schröter. WUNT 457.
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

Creech, David A. The Use of Scripture in the Apocryphon of John: A Diachronic Analysis of the Variant Versions. WUNT II/441. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2017.

Dubois., Jean-Daniel. “Can We Date the ‘Apocryphon of John’”? Pages 231–49 in Texts in Context, Essays on Dating and Contextualising Christian Writings from the Second and Early Third Centuries. Edited by J. Verheyden, J. Schröter, T. Nicklas. BETL 319. Leuven: Peeters, 2021,

Foerster,Werner. “Das Apocryphon des Johannis.” Pages 134–41 in Gott und die Götter: Festgabe für Erich Fascher. Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanhalt, 1958.

Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid. “Male and Female Symbolism in the Apocryphon of John.” Temenos 19 (1983): 33–43.

———. “The Perception of Spiritual Reality: Apocryphon of John (NHC II, 1) and the Problem of Knowledge.” Pages 50–59 in Apocryphon Severini: Presented to Søren Givensen. Edited by Per Bilde, Helge Kjær Nielsen, and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1993.

———. “The Tree of Life and the Tree of Death: A Study of Gnostic Symbols.” Religion 17 (1987): 337–53.

Giversen, Søren. “The Apocryphon of John and Genesis.” Studia Theologica 17 (1963): 60–76.

Helmbold, Andrew. “The Apocryphon of John: A Case Study in Literary Criticism.” JETS 13 (1970): 173–79.

Janssens, Yvonne. “L’Apocryphon de Jean.” Mus 83 (1970): 157–65.

———. “L‘Apocryphon de Jean.” Mus 84 (1971): 43–64, 403–32.

———. “The Apocryphon of John.” The Coptic Encyclopedia 1 (1991): 171–72.

Kaestli, Jean-Daniel. “Remarques sur le rapport du quatrième évangile avec la gnose et sa réception au IIe siecle.” Pages 351–56 in La Communauté johannique et son histoire. Edited by Jean-Daniel Kaestli, Jean-Michel Poffet, and Jean Zumstein. Le Monde de la Bible 20. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1990.

Kasser, Rodolphe. “Bibliothèque gnostique I: Le Livre secret de Jean = Apokryphon Ioannou.” Revue de théologie et philosophie 3rd series, 14 (1964): 140–50.

———. “Bibliothèque gnostique II: Le Livre secret de Jean (versets 1–124).” Revue de théologie et philosophie 3rd series, 15 (1965): 129–55.

———. “Bibliothèque gnostique III: Le Livre secret de Jean (versets 125–394).” Revue de théologie et philosophie 3rd series, 16 (1966): 163–81.

———. “Bibliothèque gnostique III: Le Livre secret de Jean (versets 395–580).” Revue de théologie et philosophie 3rd series, 17 (1967): 1–30.

———. “Le ‘Livre secret de Jean’ dans ses différentes formes textuelles coptes.” Mus 77 (1964): 5–16.

———. “Textes gnostiques: Remarques à propos des éditions récent du Livre secret de Jean et des Apocalypses de Paul, Jacques et Adam.”Mus 78 (1965): 71–98.

Karen L. King. “Approaching the Variants of the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 105-37 in The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years: Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration. Edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 44. Leiden: Brill, 1997.

———. “The Body and Society in Philo and the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 82–97 in The School of Moses. Studies in Philo and Hellenistic Religion in Memory of Horst R. Moehring. Edited by John Peter Kenney. BJS 304. Studia Philonica Monographs 1. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1995.

———. “Mystery and Secrecy in The Secret Revelation of John.” Pages 61–85 in Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices. Edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied and John D. Turner. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 76. Leiden: Brill, 2012.

———. “Reading Sex and Gender in the Secret Revelation of John.” JECS 19 (2011): 519–38.

———. The Secret Revelation of John. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.

———. “Sophia and Christ in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 158–76 in Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism. Edited by Karen L. King. SAC 4. Philaephia: Fortress, 1988.

Kragerud, Alv. “Apocryphon Johannis: En Formanalyse.” Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift 66 (1965): 15–38.

———. “Apocryphon Johannis: En oversettelse.” Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift 63 (1962): 1–22.

La Porta, Sergio. “Sophia-Mêtêr: Reconstructing a Gnostic Myth.” Pages 188–207 in The Nag Hammdi Library after Fifty Years. Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration. Edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire. NHMS 44. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.

Lillie, Celene. The Rape of Eve: The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings of Genesis. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2017.

Logan, Alastair H. B. “John and the Gnostics: The Significance of the Apocryphon of John for the Debate about the Origins of the Johannine Literature.” JSN 43 (1991): 41–69.

———. “The Mystery of the Five Seals: Gnostic Initiation Reconsidered.” VC 51.2 (1997): 188–206.

Luttikhuizen, Gerard P. “Biblical Narrative in Gnostic Revision: The Story of Noah and the Flood in Classic Gnostic Mythology.” Pages 109–23 in Interpretations of the Flood. Edited by Florentine Garcia Martínez and Gerard P. Luttikhuizen. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1999.

———. “The Creation of Man and Woman in The Secret Book of John.” Pages 140–55 in The Creation of Man and Woman: Interpretations of the Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions. Edited by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen. Themes in Biblical Narrative 3. Leiden: Brill, 2000.

———. “Intertextual References in Readers’ Responses to the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 117–26 in Intertextuality in Biblical Writings: Essays in honour of Bas van Iersel. Edited by S. Draisma. Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1989.

———. “Traces of Aristotelian Thought in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 181–202 in For the Children, Perfect Instruction: Studies in Honor of Hans-Martin Schenke on the Occasion of the Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften’s Thirtieth Year. Edited by Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Stephen Emmel, Karen L. King, and Imke Schletterer. NHMS LIV. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002.

Mantovani, Giancarlo. “Illumination et illuminateurs: à la recherche des sources de l’Apocryphon de Jean.” Pages 227–31 in Coptic Studies: Acts of the Third International Congress of Coptic Studies, Warsaw, 20–25 August, 1984. Edited by W. Godlewski. Centre d’archéologie mediterranéenne de l’académie polonaise des sciences. Warsaw: PNW-Éditions Scientific de Pologne, 1990.

Marjanen, Antti. “The Apocryphon of John, Its Versions, and Irenaeus: What have We Learned Over 70 Years?” Pages 237–49 in Nag Hammadi à 70 ans: Qu’avons nous appris?/Nag Hammadi at 70: What Have We Learned? (Colloque international, Québec Université Laval 29–31 mai 2015). Edited by Crégheur, Louis Painchaud, and Tuomas Rasimus. BCNHE 10. Leuven: Peeters, 2019.

Pasquier, Anne. “Prouneikos: A Colorful Expression to Designate Wisdom in Gnostic Texts.” Pages 57–66 in Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism. Edited by Karen L. King. SAC 4. Philaephia: Fortress, 1988.

Paulson, Shirley. Illuminating the Secret Revelation of John: Catching the Light. Westar Studies. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2022.

Pearson, Birger. “Apocryphon Johannis Revisited.” Pages 155–65 in Apocryphon Severini presented to Søren Giversen. Edited by Per Bilde, Helge Kjær Nielsen, and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1993.

———. “Biblical Exegesis in Gnostic Literature.” Pages 29–38 in Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity. SAC. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1990.

———. “I Enoch in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 355–67 in Texts and Contexts. Biblical Texts in Their Textual and Situational Contexts. Essays in Honor of Lars Hartman. Edited by Tord Fornberg and David Hellholm. Oslo, Boston, MA: Scandinavian University Press, 1995.

———. “The Problem of ‘Jewish Gnostic’ Literature.” Pages 15–35 in Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity. Edited by Charles Hedrick and Robert Hodgson. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1986 (esp. 19–25).

Petersen, N. R. “The Literary Problematic of the Apocryphon of John.” Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1967.

Pleše, Zlatko. “Intertextuality and Conceptual Blending in the Apocryphon of John.” Adamantius 18 (2012): 118–35.

———. Poetics of the Gnostic Universe: Narrative and Cosmology in the Apocryphon of John. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 52. Leiden: Brill, 2005.

Quack, Joachim Friedrich. “Dekane und Gliedervergottung: Altägyptische Tradition im Apocryphon Johannis.” JAC 38 (1995): 97–122.

Quispel, Gilles. “The Demiurge in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 1–33 in Nag Hammadi and Gnosis: Papers read at the First International Congress of Coptology (Cairo, December 1976). Edited by R. McL.Wilson. NHS 14. Leiden: Brill, 1978.

———. “Valentinian Gnosis and the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 118–27 in The Rediscovery of Gnosticism: Proceedings of the International Conference on Gnosticism at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, March 28–31, 1978, vol. 1: The School of Valentinus. Edited by Bentley Layton. SHR XLI. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980.

Schenke, Hans-Martin. Der Gott “Mensch” in der Gnosis. Ein religionsgeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Diskussion über die paulinische Anschauung von der Kirche als Leib Christi. Göttigen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962.

———. “Nag Hammadi Studien I: Das literarische Problem des Apocryphon Johannis.” Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 14 (1962): 57–63.

———. “Nag Hammadi Studien III: Die Spitze des dem Apocryphon Johannis unter Sophia Jesu Christi zugrundliegenden gnostische Systems.” Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 14 (1962): 352–61.

Schmidt, Carl. “Irenäus und seine Quelle in adv. haer. I,29.” Pages 315–36 in Philotesia: Paul Kleinert zum LXX Geburtstag. Edited by Adolf Harnack. Berlin: Trowitzsch & Sohn, 1907.

Scopello, Madeleine. “Le mythe de la ‘chute’ des anges dans L’Apocryphon de Jean (II,I) de Nag Hammadi.” Revue des sciences religieuses 54 (1980): 220–30.

Tardieu, Michel. Écrits gnostiques: Codex de Berlin. Sources gnostiques et manichéennes 1. Paris: Cerf, 1984.

Thomassen, Einar. “The Melothesia of the Apocryphon of John and the Umm al-kitāb.” Pages 161–72 in Gnose et manichéisme. Entre les oasis d’Égypte et la Route de la Soie. Hommage à Jean-Daniel Dubois. Edited by Anna van den Kerchove and Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete. Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études, Sciences Religieuses 176. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.

Till, Walther. “Das Apocryphon des Johannes.” Pages 185–214 in Evangelien aus dem Nilsand by W. C. van Unnik. Frankfurt am Main: Heinrich Scheffler, 1960.

———. “The Gnostic Apocryphon of John.” JEH 3–4 (1952–1953): 14–22.

Timbie, Janet. “‘What is ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲉⲣⲉ ?’ Genesis 1:2b in the Sahidic Version of the LXX and the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 35–46 in Studies in the Greek Bible: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Gignac, S.J. Edited by Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skimp. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Manuscript Series 44. Washington, DC: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2008.

Tripaldi, Daniele. “Dio e gli dei: Tracce di teogonia egiziana nell’ Apocrifo di Giovanni?” Adamantius 18 (2012): 83–107.

———. “From Philo to Areimanios: Jewish Traditions and Intellectual Profiles in First-Third Century Alexandria in the Light of the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 101–19 in Jews and Christians in Antiquity: A Regional Perspective. Edited by Pierluigi Lanfranchi and Joseph Verheyden. Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion 18. Leuven: Peeters, 2018.

Turner, John D. “Response to ‘Sophia and Christ in the Apocryphon of John’ by Karen L. King.” Pages 177–86 in Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism. SAC. Edited by Karen L. King. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1988.

Valentasis, Richard. “Adam’s Body: Uncovering Esoteric Traditions in the Apocryphon of John and Origen’s Dialogue with Heraclides.” Second Century 7 (1989/1990): 150–62.

van den Broek, Roelof. “Autogenes and Adamas: The Mythological Structure of the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 16–25 in Gnosis and Gnosticism: Papers read at the Eighth International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, September 3rd-8th 1979). Edited by Martin Krause. NHS 17. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981.

———. “The Creation of Adam’s Psychic Body in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 38–57 in Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic Religions presented to Gilles Quispel on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Edited by R. van den Broek and M. J. Vermaseren. Études préliminaires aux religions Orientales dans l’empire Romain 91. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981.

van Lindt, Paul. “Adamas, the Belligerent Hero.” Pages 95–105 in Apocryphon Severini presented to Søren Giversen. Edited by Per Bilde, Helge Kjær Nielsen, and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1993.

———. “Light and Dark in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 507–11 in Ägypten und Nubien in spätantiker und christlicher Zeit. Akten des 6. Internationalen Koptologenkongresses. Münster, 20.-26. Juli 1996, vol. 2: Schriftum, Sprache und Gedankenwelt. Edited by Stephen Emmel, Martin Krause, Siegried Richter, and Sofia Schaten. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 1999.

van Unnik, Willem Cornelis. “Die ‘geöffneten Himmel’ in der Offenbarungsvision des Apocryphon Johannis.” Pages 269–80 in Apophoreta: Festschrift für Ernst Haenchen zu seinem seibzigsten Geburtstag am 10. Dezember 1964. Beiheft 30 zur ZNW. Edited by W. Eltester and F. H. Kettler. Berlin: Alfred Töpelman, 1964.

Vítková, Zuzana. “The Gnostic Rewriting of the Story about the Sons of God and Daughters of Men (Gen 6:1–4) in the Apocryphon of John (BG 2 p. 73,18–75,10 and parr.).” Pages 75–112 in Coptica, Gnostica und Mandaica. Sprache, Literatur und Kunst als Medien interreligiöser Begegnung(en). Edited by Wolf B. Oerter and Zuzana Vítková. TUGAL Band 185. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020.

Waldstein, Michael M. “The Mission of Jesus in John: Probes into the Apocryphon of John and the Gospel of John.” Th.D. Diss., Harvard Divinity School, 1990.

———. “On the Relation Between the Two Parts of the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 99–112 in Der Gottesspruch in der Kopt. Literatur: Hans-Martin Schenke zum 65. Geburtstag. Edited by Walter Beltz. Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft 15. Halle: Institut für Orientalistik der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, 1995.

———. “The Primal Triad in the Apocryphon of John.” Pages 154–87 in The Nag Hammdi Library after Fifty Years. Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration. Edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire. NHMS 44. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.

———. “The Providence Monologue in the Apocryphon of John and the Johannine Prologue.” JECS 3.4 (1995): 369–402.

Welburn, A. J. “The Identity of the Archons in the ‘Apocryphon Johannis.’” VC 32 (1978): 241–54.

Werner, Andreas. “Bermerkungen zu einer Synopse der vier Versionen des Apokryphon des Johannes.” Pages 137–46 in Studia Coptica. Edited by Peter Nagel. Berliner Byzantinistische Arbeiten 45. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1974.

Wisse, Frederik. “After the Synopsis: Prospects and Problems in Establishing a Critical Text of the Apocryphon of John and in Defining its Historical Location.” Pages 138–53 in The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years. Proceedings of the 1995 Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration. Edited by John D. Turner and Anne McGuire. NHMS 44. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.

———. “John, Apocryphon of.” Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Supplement). Edited by Keith Crim. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1976.

———. “John, Apocryphon of.” ABD 3: 899–900.