194 "I have exhaled a perfume": Ecclesiasticus 24:20-29. The whole of chapter 24 quotes Wisdom as she "speaks her own praises."
194 Apocryphon of John: In The New Testament Apocrypha.
194 On the Origin of the World: In The Nag Hammadi Library.
194 Sophia of Jesus Christ: Ibid.
194 "earliest Christian theology is sophialogy": Schiissler-Fiorenza, In Memory of Her.
195 gospel of Philip: In The Nag Hammadi Library.
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197 High priestesses: Kraemer, Her Share of the Blessings. Kraemer is particularly good on women in sacramental roles.
198 Jewish monastic movement: Ibid.
198 exultant song: Exodus 15:20-21.
199 abandon blood ties of family: Matthew 10:35-37, 12:48-50 Matthew 10:35-37, 12:
199 Pistis Sophia: In The New Testament Apocrypha.
200 Phoebe the deacon: Romans 16:1.
200 Junia: Romans 16:7.
201 Acts of Paul and Thecla: In The New Testament Apocrypha.
201 "no male or female": Galatians 3:28.
201 "These heretical women": Quoted in Pagels, Gnostic Gospels, an invaluable study of the history and philosophy of Christian gnosticism.
201 widespread Montanist movement: See especially Kraemer, Her Share of the Blessings.
201 "We have among us": Ibid.
202 the Kolyridian movement: See especially Benko, Virgin Goddess, and Kraemer, Her Share of the Blessings.
203 "But bread it was": Benko, Virgin Goddess.
204 characters like Nicodemus See "Gospel of Nicodemus," "The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea," and "The Acts of Pilate" in The Apocryphal New Testament.
204 gnostic gospel of Mary: In The Nag Hammadi Library.
204 "infancy gospels": See "The Protevangelium of James," "The Infancy Gospel of Thomas," and "The Gospel of PseudoMatthew" in The New Testament Apocrypha.
205 very likely written by women: See, for instance, Madeleine Scopello, "Jewish and Greek Heroines in the Nag Hammadi Library," in King, Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism.
205 "Thunder, Perfect Mind": In The Nag Hammadi Library.
207 the groundwork for rabbinical Judaism: Neusner's From Politics to Piety is a superb account of this development.
208 Twentieth Discourse: In The Apocryphal New Testament.
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