In this compelling and richly detailed study, Patrick Whitworth brings to life one of the most influential figures of the early Church: Irenaeus of Lyon. Born in Smyrna and shaped by the teachings of Polycarp and the Apostle John, Irenaeus stood at t...Loe edasi...
Ascetic Passions: Emotions in Early Christian Egypt reveals the role of emotions in shaping early Christian theology, community, and monastic practices in Egypt. Drawing from biblical interpretation, theological treatises, and Coptic monastic and apo...Loe edasi...
Antonio Piñero realiza un recorrido integral por un sistema de conocimiento profundo y enigm�tico del cristianismo heterodoxo de los siglos II al IV.La gnosis, conocimiento de lo oculto que atañe a la salvación del ser humano, nace embrionariamen...Loe edasi...
*; Examines in depth Enochs full story of the Watchers, the fallen angels who came to Earth and shared corrupting forbidden knowledge*; Explores how Enoch was a vital component of Second Temple messianic Judaism, speculative Jewish mysticism, the Ka...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Dec-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040237700)
It is a curious fact that many of the sources for the Presocratic and Stoic philosophers are early Christian authors; similarly, one can even find an echo of Parmenides in a Gnostic treatise from Nag Hammadi. Such writers were often dependent for the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040194447)
Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views of the universe as held by the great teachers of Ancient Alexandria are discussed: Philo, Clement, Origen, Plotinus and the Gnostics ar...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040194348)
Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views of the universe as held by the great teachers of Ancient Alexandria are discussed: Philo, Clement, Origen, Plotinus and the Gnostics ar...Loe edasi...
*; Analyzes the syncretic magical system of Voudon Gnosticism and the traditions from which it is sourced*; Explains the practices of Voudon Gnosticism in detail, including how to speak with the Lwas (spirits) and establish relationships with them*;...Loe edasi...
The concept of deviance has been central to the academic study of (Western) esotericism since its inception. This book, being the proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), explore...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jan-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197679067)
In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly "e;secular"e; world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jan-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197679074)
In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly "e;secular"e; world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000989946)
This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000989922)
This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late...Loe edasi...
The Gnostic Imagination is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Gnosticism and Merkabah mysticism. It includes an exhaustive analysis of Gershom Scholems views on the subject, an analytical survey of other secondary literature,...Loe edasi...
Desde los inicios del cristianismo se sucedieron numerosos debates doctrinales respecto a temas como el nacimiento virginal de Jesús, su naturaleza divina y humana, sobre la Trinidad o sobre su resurrección. Finalmente, unas doctrinas resultaron tr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2022, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000217506)
This book features detailed analysis of an ancient secret scroll from the Middle East known as the Rivers Scroll or Diwan Nahrawatha, providing valuable insight into the Gnostic Mandaean religion. This important scroll offers a window of understandin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000217568)
This book features detailed analysis of an ancient secret scroll from the Middle East known as the Rivers Scroll or Diwan Nahrawatha, providing valuable insight into the Gnostic Mandaean religion. This important scroll offers a window of understandin...Loe edasi...
