The Gospel of Philip

My name is Andrew Phillip Smith and I'm working on The Gospel of Philip: Annotated and Explained for Skylight Paths. The Annotated and Explained seres presents a variety of spiritual texts with introductions and section by section commentaries for the intelligent, spiritually interested reader. My interest in the Gospel of Philip is twofold: I'm an independent scholar, and I can deal with the scholarship surrounding Philip on its own terms, but I'm also, and primarily, interested in it as a text that expresses something about the reality of man and the world, though using the language of its time.

I'm approaching the final weeks of writing, and the book should be in its final form by the beginning of April. This blog will serve to pass on bits and pieces of material that I come across, and should provide some insight into the writing process. I also wrote a book on the Gospel of Thomas, published by Ulysses Books. I try to keep up with developments in Thomas scholarship, and I should be able to pass on the odd insight there too.

I have another blog at http://bardic-press.blogspot.com
which mainly covers my interest in Celtic mythology and literature. Based on my experience in keeping up that blog I would expect my posting to be erratic, but I aim for at least two posts a month. While I'm working on Philip I might be able to post more often, because I'll have more to say on it. Then, on the other hand, I should actually be writing the book instead of blogging...