Thomasine “Gnostics” and Others

In this thread of posts I have been reproducing my comments on Gnosticism from the 2ndedition of my anthology,After the New Testament,to be released in the fall. In addition to the Sethians and the Valentinians, scholars talk about the school of Thomas and about yet other Gnostic groups that are not easy to identify with any of the other three or to group together in any meaningful way. Gnosticism was a messy group of religions! Here is what I say in the Introductions to the Thomasines and th...