Sasagu Arai

Sasagu Arai (荒井 献) (born 1930) is a Japanese researcher of early Christianity and Gnosticism. Arai is a Doctor of Theology Professor emeritus of Tokyo University and Keisen Jogakuen University, and a member of the Japan Academy.

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