This study seeks to demonstrate that the nature of Christ in the Fourth Gospel influenced the Valentinian Sources from the Nag Hammadi Library. It begins by looking at their respective backgrounds in order to demonstrate availability, similar language, purpose, and recipient communities, investigating the nature of Christ in the cultural milieu that they were born out of, and comparing passages in the Valentinian Sources that show signs of influence by the Fourth Gospel’s nature of Christ.
MakidonM_FINAL-Dissertation-Apr-2015Author: Makidon, Michael