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The sayings of the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians are found scattered in the third book of the Stromateis of Clement of Alexandria.[540]

The pioneering work done on the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians, synthesized by Wilhelm Schneemelcher,[541] has shown the number and extent of the fragments that can securely be assigned to this Gospel.

Building on this effort, Silke Pe­tersen correctly ordered the four fragments, although she chose different variants for the first question of Salome and Jesus’s answer.[542]

(1) Jesus said: “I have come to bring female works to an end.”

(2) Salome said: “How long will men die?” Jesus said: “As long as women give birth.”

(3) Salome said: “I have done well then in not bearing a child?”

Jesus said: “Eat every plant, but do not eat one that has bitterness.”

(4) Salome said: “[When will this happen?]”

Jesus said: “When you trample the shameful garment,

And when the two become one,

And the male and the female

Neither male nor female.”

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Source: Ahearne-Kroll Stephen P., Holloway Paul A., Kelhoffer James A. (eds.). Women and Gender in Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches. JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck),2010. — 518 p.. 2010

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