Introduction : rethinking earliest Christianity in Alexandria
Foreshadowing : Philo of Alexandria
The Jesus movement enters Alexandria
Apollos : the earliest known Alexandrian follower of Jesus
Factors motivating gentile recruitment
Crafting a Christian identity : Barnabas and the two Peters
The earliest Alexandrian theologians : Basilides, Carpocrates, and Prodicus
Eugnostus and the wisdom of Jesus Christ
Julius Cassianus and Alexandrian ascetic culture
The Naassene preacher
Conclusion : The "great church" and the many schools of Alexandria