No longer Jews : the search for Gnostic origins - Smith, Carl B., 1957- (Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 2004)
Definitions of gnosticism and theories of gnostic origins -- Gnostic origins : Jewish social and political crises -- The Jewish revolt under Trajan : a historical reconstruction and its implications -- Chronological and geographical considerations for gnostic origins -- Sethian gnosticism, the geography of heresy, and a proposal for gnostic origins.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-286) and indexes.
Keywords: Gnosticism