Sasagu Arai

Sasagu Arai (荒井 献 Arai Sasagu, born May 6, 1930) is a Japanese researcher of early Christianity^[1] and Gnosticism. Arai is a Doctor of Theology Professor emeritus of University of Tokyo and Keisen University, and a member of the Japan Academy. He graduated (1962) at Erlangen-Nürnberg University in Germany.

Arai was a pioneer of the studies of Gnosticism after the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library.

Works

• Early Christianity and Gnosticism (1971), Iwanami shoten
• Jesus and his Age (1974), Iwanami shoten (shinsho)
• New Testament and Gnosticism (1986), Iwanami shoten
• Evangelium according to Thomas (1994), Koudansha
• Nag Hammadi Library ed. (4 vol.), (1997–1998), Iwanami shoten
• Jesus Christ, Part1, Part2 (2001), Koudansha
• Collected Works of Arai Sasagu (10 vol. and addendum book), (June 2001 - June 2002), Iwanami shoten

References

1. Széll, György; Széll, Ute (2009-11-01). Quality of Life and Working Life in Comparison. Peter Lang. pp. 271–. ISBN 978-3-631-58633-4. Retrieved 8 May 2011.