The text, preserved in the Askew Codex at the British Museum, follows a specific Gnostic mythos: Pistis Sophia - NASSCAL
is a major Coptic Gnostic text, dating from approximately the 3rd or 4th century AD, that details the post-resurrection teachings of Jesus to his disciples. The most authoritative German translation and scholarly edition of this work was produced by the Coptologist Carl Schmidt (1868–1938). Carl Schmidt's Contribution Carl Schmid, Pistis Sophia, ein gnostisches Ori...
Carl Schmidt's work, originally titled Pistis Sophia: Ein gnostisches Originalwerk des dritten Jahrhunderts aus dem Koptischen übersetzt , was first published in and significantly revised in 1925 . The text, preserved in the Askew Codex at
: He was commissioned by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences to publish this as part of their series on early Christian writers. Core Narrative of the Pistis Sophia : He was commissioned by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy