“... Even from this very brief snapshot of the complex soteriology of Gos. Phil.,64 to which we will have cause to return, we can see that it lays out a strikingly similar scheme to that which we have outlined in Interp. Know. In both texts, death is understood to be the result of the separation of Eve from Adam, and the redemptive mission of Christ is to heal this division by facilitating a reunion of male and female. Furthermore, in both Interp. Know. and Gos. Phil. it is Christ’s self-sacrifice on the Cross that actually brings about this reunion. At this stage, the two schemes appear to diverge slightly, for although both state that Christ’s crucifixion makes the reunion possible, in Gos. Phil. this is achieved by the tearing of the temple veil so that the Valentinians can enter the bridal chamber, or holy of holies, and restore the primal androgyne. On the other hand, in Interp. Know. the union is achieved by means of the soul-Eve’s entry into Christ-Adam’s spear-wound, thereby restoring the primal androgyne. ...”