Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia — G. R. S. Mead — Section 32

Woide not only carefully copied the whole of the MS. but also the Codex Brucianus at Oxford. He gives the date of the MS. as about the fourth century, and considers the writer to have been Valentinus. He, however, published no work on the subject. e. 1812. Miinter (F.). Odas GnosticEe Salomoni Tiibutee, The- baice et Latine, Prefatione et Adnotationibiis Philo- logicis Illustratfe (Hafnise). Bishop Miinter, a learned Dane, probably got his text from Woide's copy ; his brief pamphlet is of no particular importance, nevertheless it was solely upon these few brief selections, the seven Odes of Solomon, that, with the ex- ception of Dulaurier, scholars formed their opinion of the Pistis Sophia up to the time of the publication of Schwartze's work in 1851. Miinter believes that the original treatise belongs to the second century. /. 1843. Matter (J.). Histoire Critique du Gnosticisme et de son Influence zur les Sectes religieuses et philosophiques des six premiers Siecles de I'Ere chretienne (Paris) — 2nd ed. 11. 41 sq., 350 sq. The first edition appeared iu 1828 and contains no reference to P. S. In Dor- ner's German translation the references are, 11. 69 sq. and 163 sq. Matter rejects the idea of Valentinus, but he had no acquaintance whatever with the text and bases himself entirely on Woide. He states that the MS. can scarcely be prior to the fourth century, and (p. 352) places the date of the original treatise between the end of the second and the end of the fifth. He gives no opinion as to the school to which it belongs. g. 1838. Dulaurier (E). Article in the Moniteur (27th Sept.). h. 1847. Dulaurier. Article in the Journal Asiatlque, Quatrleme Serle, Tome Ix., juln, pp. 534-548 ; entitled " Notice XXXVlll INTRODUCTION. sur le Manuscript copte-thebain, intitule La Fidele Sagesse ; et sur la Publication projetee Ju Texte et (le la Traduction fran^'aise de ce Manuscript."