Editing Gnosticism (section)

=== Female representation ===
The role women played in Gnosticism is still being explored. The very few women in most Gnostic literature are portrayed as chaotic, disobedient, and enigmatic.<ref name=":02">{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Nicola Denzey|chapter=Women in Gnosticism|date=2021-02-18|chapter-url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198867067.003.0007|title=Patterns of Women's Leadership in Early Christianity|pages=109–129|access-date=2023-05-05|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/oso/9780198867067.003.0007|isbn=978-0-19-886706-7}}</ref> However, the Nag Hammadi texts place women in roles of leadership and heroism.<ref name=":02"/>{{sfn|King|2003|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}}<ref name="Oxford University Press">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1123192570|title=The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality|date=2019|editor=Benjamin H. Dunning|isbn=978-0-19-021341-1|location=New York, New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en-us|oclc=1123192570}}</ref>