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- PhD Religious Studies University of Chicago
- Masters Religious Studies University of Chicago
- Bachelors Religion University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Birger A. Pearson is an American scholar and professor studying early Christianity and Gnosticism. He currently holds the positions of Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Professor and Interim Director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Published Works
- The Roots of Egyptian Christianity (1986) (78)
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16: A Deutero-Pauline Interpolation (1971) (70)
- Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity (1990) (45)
- Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions And Literature (2007) (42)
- Gnostic Interpretation of the Old Testament in the Testimony of Truth (NHC IX, 3) (1980) (34)
- The Emergence of the Christian Religion: Essays on Early Christianity (1997) (33)
- Cracking a Conundrum: Christian Origins in Egypt (2003) (33)
- On Rodney Stark's Foray into Early Christian History (1999) (29)
- The pneumatikos-psychikos terminology in 1 Corinthians : a study in the theology of the Corinthian opponents of Paul and its relation to gnosticism (1976) (29)
- The Figure of Seth in Gnostic Literature (1980) (28)
- The Future of early Christianity : essays in honor of Helmut Koester (1994) (25)
- Jewish Haggadic Traditions in The Testimony of Truth from Nag Hammadi (CG IX, 3) (1972) (25)
- The Figure of Melchizedek in the First Tractate of the Unpublished Coptic-Gnostic Codex IX From nag Hammadi (1975) (24)
- The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the “Valentinians”– Einar Thomassen (2006) (23)
- Christians and Jews in First-Century Alexandria (1986) (19)
- Gnosticism and Christianity in Roman and Coptic Egypt (2004) (17)
- Nag Hammadi Codices IX and X (1981) (12)
- Images of Rebirth: Cognitive Poetics and Transformational Soteriology in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul – By Hugo Lundhaug (2011) (10)
- Monasticism and Gnosis in Egypt (1986) (9)
- The Gospel of Thomas: Original text with Commentary – By Uwe‐Karsten Plisch (2010) (8)
- Gnosticism as Platonism: With Special Reference to Marsanes (NHC 10,1) (1984) (8)
- The Sermon on the Mount (1969) (8)
- Nag Hammadi Codex VII (1993) (8)
- BASILIDES THE GNOSTIC (2005) (6)
- Philo and Gnosticism (1984) (6)
- Did the Gnostics Curse Jesus (1967) (6)
- Early Christianity and Gnosticism in the History of Religions (2001) (6)
- The Gospel according to the Jesus seminar (1995) (5)
- A Q Community in Galilee? (2004) (5)
- Biblical Argument in Manichaean Missionary Practice: The Case of Adimantus and Augustine – By J. A. van den Berg (2010) (4)
- Religious studies at Berkeley (1999) (4)
- The Gospel of Judas, Together with the Letter of Peter to Philip, James, and a Book of Allogenes from Codex Tchacos: Critical Edition – By Rodolph Kasser, Gregor Wurst, Marvin Meyer, and François Gaudard (2008) (4)
- Jewish Sources in Gnostic Literature (1984) (4)
- A Reminiscence of Classical Myth at II Peter 2.4 (1969) (3)
- The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation, with a Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel – By April D. DeConick (2007) (3)
- Poetics of the Gnostic Universe: Narrative and Cosmology in the Apocryphon of John – Zlatko Pleše (2006) (3)
- Friedländer Revisited: Alexandrian Judaism and Gnostic Origins (1990) (3)
- Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence – By Tuomas Rasimus (2010) (3)
- ”She Became a Tree”—A Note to CG II, 4: 89, 25-26 (1976) (3)
- The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, Paris, Sorbonne, October 27‐28th, 2006 – Edited by Madeleine Scopello (2009) (3)
- Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity: The Social and Cultural World of the Gospel of Thomas – Edited by Jon Ma Asgeirsson, April D. DeConick, and Risto Uro (2006) (2)
- THE LOST GOSPEL OF JUDAS ISCARIOT: A NEW LOOK AT BETRAYER AND BETRAYED – By Bart D. Ehrman (2008) (2)
- Baptism in Sethian Gnostic Texts (2011) (2)
- The Gospel of Peter and Early Christian Apologetics: Rewriting the Story of Jesus' Death, Burial, and Resurrection – By Timothy P. Henderson (2012) (2)
- Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI, with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1 and 4. Douglas M. Parrott. (1979) (2)
- Historical Dictionary of the Coptic Church (2008) (2)
- Book Review: The Sayings of Jesus in the Churches of Paul (1972) (2)
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (2010) (2)
- Use, Authority and Exegesis of Mikra in Gnostic Literature (1988) (2)
- What are They Saying about the Gospel of Thomas? By Christopher W. Skinner. New York: Paulist Press, 2012. Pp. xv + 121. Paper, $16.95. (2012) (2)
- Traditional Egyptian Christianity: A History of the Coptic Orthodox Church, by Theodore Hall Partrick. 226 pages, bibliography, index. Greensboro, NC: Fisher Park Press, 1996. (Paper) ISBN 0-9652396-0-8 (1998) (2)
- A Companion to Second‐Century Christian “Heretics.”– Edited by Antti Marjanen and Petri Luomanen (2006) (1)
- The New Alexandria Library: Promise or Threat? (1993) (1)
- Judas Iscariot In The Gospel Of Judas (2010) (1)
- Indo-European Eschatology in 2 Peter 3 (2001) (1)
- The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis. Books II and III. De Fide. Translated by Frank Williams. Second, revised edition. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 79. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xviii + 696. Cloth, €199.00, $277.00. (2013) (1)
- The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot – Herbert Krosney The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel – James M. Robinson (2006) (1)
- The Beloved Disciple in Conflict? Revisiting the Gospels of John and Thomas – By Ismo Dunderberg (2007) (1)
- Mystery and Secrecy in Paul (2011) (1)
- Coptic in 20 Lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic with Exercises and Vocabularies – By Bentley Layton (2007) (1)
- Gnostic Revisions of Genesis Stories and Early Jesus Traditions – Gerhard P. Luttikhuizen (2006) (1)
- The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices. Cartonnage@@@The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices. Codices IX and X@@@Nag Hammadi Codices. Greek and Coptic Papyri from the Cartonnage of the Covers@@@Nag Hammadi Codices, IX and X (1982) (1)
- Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis: Essays from the 2004 Symposium of the Saint Mark Foundation and the Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society in Honor of Martin Krause – Edited by Gawdat Gabra (2006) (1)
- Coptica—Gnostica—Manichaica: Mélanges Offerts À Wolf‐Peter Funk – Edited by Louis Painchaud and Paul‐Hubert Poirier (2006) (1)
- Judas and the Gospel of Jesus: Have We Missed the Truth about Christianity? – By N. T. Wright (2007) (1)
- “There is a Rebirth and an Image of Rebirth”: A Cognitive Poetic Analysis of Conceptual and Intertextual Blending in the Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II,6) And the Gospel of Philip (NHC II,3) – By Hugo Lundhaug (2008) (1)
- COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION (1973) (0)
- Eudoxia and the Holy Sepulchre : a constantinian legend in Coptic (1980) (0)
- The New Alexandria Library: An Update (1993) (0)
- Voices of Gnosticism: Interviews with Elaine Pagels, Marvin Meyer, Bart Ehrman, Bruce Chilton and Other Leading Scholars. By Miguel Conner. Dublin, Ireland: Bardic Press, 2011. Pp. iii + 225. Paper, $19.95, £12.95. (2012) (0)
- “In Search of Truth”: Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism: Studies for Johannes Van Oort at Sixty – Edited by Jacob Albert van den Berg, Annemaré Kotzé, Tobias Nicklas, and Madeleine Scopello (2011) (0)
- PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND THEOLOGY (1971) (0)
- Rethinking the Gospel of Truth: A Study of Its Eastern Valentinian Setting – By Jörgen Magnusson (2007) (0)
- The Codex Judas Papers: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Tchacos Codex Held at Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 13‐16, 2008 – Edited by April D. DeConick (2010) (0)
- Book Review: Jesus in the Gospels (1968) (0)
- Book reviews (2004) (0)
- Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels. Edited by Eduard Iricinschi, Lance Jenott, Nicola Denzey Lewis, and Philippa Townsend. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013. Pp. x + 517. €99.00. (2015) (0)
- Walter Burkett. Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001, xiv+110 pp., $28.00, £18.00 ISBN 0 226 08085 4. (2003) (0)
- Book reviews (2003) (0)
- The Gospel of Judas: Rewriting Early Christianity – By Simon Gathercole (2008) (0)
- Gnostica, Judaica, Catholica: Collected Essays of Gilles Quispel – By Edited by Johannes van Oort (2009) (0)
- Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and its Growth – April D. DeConick (2006) (0)
- The Real Messiah: The Throne of St. Mark and the True Origins of Christianity – By Stephan Huller (2009) (0)
- Judas: The Definitive Collection of Gospels and Legends about the Infamous Apostle of Jesus (review) (2008) (0)
- Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt. By Febe Armanios. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii + 254; maps. Cloth, $74.00. (2012) (0)
- The Gospel of Judas – Edited by Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst (2006) (0)
- The Gnostics: Identifying an Early Christian Cult – By Alastair H. B. Logan (2007) (0)
- Judas: the Definitive Collection of Gospels and Legends about the Infamous Apostle of Jesus – By Marvin Meyer (2008) (0)
- The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations. By Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Plese. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 611. Cloth, $35.00. (2012) (0)
- Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings: Studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex. By Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, and Paul Dilley. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 87. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Pp. ix + 320. Cloth, €110.00/$142.00. (2015) (0)
- The Acts of Andrew – Edited by Dennis R. MacDonald (2007) (0)
- The Book of Allogenes (CT,4) and Sethian Gnosticism (2013) (0)
- Book Review: The Disciples (1967) (0)
- The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Origins: Essays on the Fifth Gospel. By Stephen J. Patterson. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 84. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 311. Cloth, $182.00. (2014) (0)
- The Acts of Peter. By Robert F. Stoops, Jr. Edited by Julian V. Hills . Early Christian Apocrypha, 4. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2012. Pp. vii + 114. Paper, $18.00. (2013) (0)
- The Paraphrase of Shem (NH VII,1): Introduction, Translation and Commentary – By Michel Roberge (2011) (0)
- Flora Tells A Story: The Apocalypse of Paul and Its Contexts – By Michael Kaler (2010) (0)
- Other Books Received (1963) (0)
- Infancy Gospels: Stories and Identities. Edited by Claire Clivaz , Andreas Dettwiler , Luc Devillers , and Enrico Norelli , with the assistance of Benjamin Bertho . Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Pp. xxxiii + 755. €149.00. (2013) (0)
- Introduction to “Gnosticism”: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. By Nicola Denzey Lewis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xxiv + 305. Paper, $39.95. (2014) (0)
- Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1995‐2006 – By David M. Scholer (2009) (0)
- L'Interprétation De La Gnose (NH XI,1) – By Wolf-Peter Funk, Louis Painchaud, and Einar Thomassen (2012) (0)
- JEWISH ELEMENTS IN CORPUS HERMETICUM I (POIMANDRES) (1981) (0)
- Frontiers of Faith: The Christian Encounter with Manichaeism in The Acts of Archelaus– Edited by Jason BeDuhn and Paul Mirecki (2008) (0)
- Book Review:The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism Ioan P. Couliano (1993) (0)
- Apocalypse de Paul (NH V, 2) – Jean‐Marc Rosenstiehl and Michael Kaler (2006) (0)
- Judas Iscariot Among the Gnostics (2008) (0)
- The Great Stem of Souls: Reconstructing Mandaean History – By Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (2008) (0)
- Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia– By Timothy Pettipiece (2009) (0)
- Manichaean Texts From the Roman Empire – Edited by Iain Gardner and Samuel N. C. Lieu (2006) (0)
- RELIGIONS OF WESTERN ANTIQUITY (1975) (0)
- The Gospel of Judas. Second Edition – Edited by Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst (2008) (0)
- The Gospel of the Savior: An Analysis of P. OXY. 840 and its Place in the Gospel Traditions of Early Christianity – By Michael J. Kruger (2007) (0)
- Thomas, the Other Gospel – By Nicholas Perrin (2009) (0)
- THE THIRTEENTH APOSTLE: WHAT THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS REALLY SAYS – By April D. DeConick (2008) (0)
- Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics. By Mark Goodacre. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012. Pp. x + 226. $39.00. (2013) (0)
- The Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of The “Betrayer's Gospel.” By Lance Jenott. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 64. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Pp. x + 256. Paper, €59.00. (2012) (0)
- Manichaeism and Its Legacy – By J. Kevin Coyle (2010) (0)
- Jörgen Magnusson: Rethinking the Gospel of Truth. A Study of its Eastern Valentinian Setting (2006) (0)
- Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity – By Philip L. Tite (2010) (0)
- Greek and Latin Sources on Manichaean Cosmogony and Ethics. Translated by Greg Fox and John Sheldon, introduction and commentary by Samuel N. C. Lieu. Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, Series Subsidia, 6. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2010. Pp. xxxviii + 256. €90.00. (2012) (0)
- The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus – Marvin Meyer (2006) (0)
- The Secret Revelation of John – Karen L. King (2006) (0)
- Topics in Coptic Syntax: Structural Studies in the Bohairic Dialect – By A. Shisha‐Halevy (2008) (0)
- Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco‐Roman Antiquity, Under Pitiless Skies. By Nicola Denzey Lewis. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 81. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiii + 206. €101, $140.00. (2013) (0)
- Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestle, and Society in the School of Valentinus – By Ismo Dunderberg (2009) (0)
- A Personal Tribute to Ninian Smart (2001) (0)
- The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity (review) (2011) (0)
- From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism – By Attilio Mastrocinque (2007) (0)
- A genre for 1 John (1991) (0)
- Codex Tchacos: Texte und Analysen – Edited by Johanna Brankaer and Hans-Gebhard Bethge (2011) (0)
- The Nag Hammadi ‘Library’ Of Coptic Papyrus Codices (2008) (0)
- J. Bottéro, C. Herrenschmidt, and J.-P. Vernant. Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. Trans. by Teresa Lavender Fagan. (2004) (0)
- New Light on Manichaeism: Papers from the Sixth International Congress on Manichaeism – Edited by Jason David Beduhn (2009) (0)
- The Acts of Philip: A New Translation. Translated by Francois Bovon and Christopher R. Matthews. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012. Pp. vii + 114. Paper, $26.95. (2013) (0)
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