PrefaceAbbreviationsThe Coptic Gnostic libraryIntroduction1Pt. 1Christianity in Egypt1Current issues in the study of early Christianity in Egypt112Christians and Jews in first-century Alexandria823Ancient Alexandria in the Acts of Mark1004A Coptic homily On Riches attributed to St. Peter of Alexandria1145Enoch in Egypt1326A Coptic Enoch apocryphon153Pt. 2Gnosticism in Egypt7Gnosticism as a religion2018Gnostic ritual and Iamblichus's treatise On the Mysteries of Egypt2249Gnostic iconography24910The figure of Seth in Manichaean literature268Summary and conclusions283Index of ancient sources289Index of modern authors297