Apocryphal collection · Gnostics and Nag Hammadi · 2 min read
Gospel of Eve
"I am you and you are me": a vision on a mountaintop
The full text of this study is in Portuguese; the summary, key points and official view are in English.
Known only from a quotation by Epiphanius of Salamis in the 4th century, the Gospel of Eve was used, according to him, by a group called the Borborites. The quotation describes a vision: “I stood on a high mountain and saw a tall man and another short one, and I heard something like a voice of thunder, and I drew near to hear, and he spoke to me and said: I am you and you are me, and wherever you are, there I am, and I am sown in all things”.
Key points
- Only source: Epiphanius, Panarion 26.3.
- Associated group: the Borborites (or Phibionites), in 4th-century Egypt.
- The phrase “I am sown in all things” recalls saying 77 of Thomas.
- No manuscript has survived.
What scholars say
The work cannot be reconstructed. The quotation points to a Gnostic-type spirituality, and Epiphanius’s accusations are considered polemical and exaggerated.
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