David Litwa is the author of more than fifteen scholarly books in the fields of Early Christianity, Gnostic and Nag Hammadi Studies, and the Greco-Roman world. He runs a YouTube channel and an online database, the Gnostic Archive.

• Part I. Introduction and Translation: 1. Introduction; 2. Translation; Part II. The World of the Text: 3. The apostolic eagle; 4. Recreating creation; 5. Myth as philosophy; Part III. Relationship to Other Early Christian Literature; 6. Irenaeus's report; 7. The myth received; Part IV. Additional notes to text and translation.

David Litwa is the author of more than fifteen scholarly books in the fields of Early Christianity, Gnostic and Nag Hammadi Studies, and the Greco-Roman world. He runs a YouTube channel and an online database, the Gnostic Archive.

• Part I. Introduction and Translation: 1. Introduction; 2. Translation; Part II. The World of the Text: 3. The apostolic eagle; 4. Recreating creation; 5. Myth as philosophy; Part III. Relationship to Other Early Christian Literature; 6. Irenaeus's report; 7. The myth received; Part IV. Additional notes to text and translation.

David Litwa is the author of more than fifteen scholarly books in the fields of Early Christianity, Gnostic and Nag Hammadi Studies, and the Greco-Roman world. He runs a YouTube channel and an online database, the Gnostic Archive.

• Part I. Introduction and Translation: 1. Introduction; 2. Translation; Part II. The World of the Text: 3. The apostolic eagle; 4. Recreating creation; 5. Myth as philosophy; Part III. Relationship to Other Early Christian Literature; 6. Irenaeus's report; 7. The myth received; Part IV. Additional notes to text and translation.