*; 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, 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...
(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...
*; 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...
Zahlenmagie: Eine Reise in die mystische Welt der ZahlenBetreten Sie die geheimnisvolle Welt der Zahlenmagie, in der jede Zahl mehr als eine einfache Quantität darstellt – sie ist ein Tor zu verborgenen Wahrheiten und altem Wissen. In Zahlenmagie...Loe edasi...
In Gnosis als Weg zur Erleuchtung: Auf den Pfaden des verborgenen Wissens führt uns Eva Richter durch die faszinierende Welt der Gnosis, jener geheimnisvollen spirituellen Tradition, die seit Jahrtausenden Suchende und Wissbegierige in ihren Bann...Loe edasi...
Strange rumors reached the ears of the people of Jerusalem and the surrounding country. It was reported that a new prophet had appeared in the valley of the lower Jordan, and in the wilderness of Northern Judea, preaching startling doctrines. His tea...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 ?secular? world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the...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 ?secular? world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the...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...
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, 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...
(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...
Sari: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Mar-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9780812298482)
In the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, a crucified Jesus is depicted as wrapped in a scroll and reading aloud the contents of his heart as he dies. This is just one of many strange appearance...Loe edasi...
Sari: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Mar-2022, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9780812298482)
In the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, a crucified Jesus is depicted as wrapped in a scroll and reading aloud the contents of his heart as he dies. This is just one of many strange appearance...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Feb-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300264876)
A new translation and commentary on the extracanonical Coptic text that describes Judas special status among Jesus disciples Since its publication in 2006, The Gospel of Judas has generated remarkable interest and debate among scholars and general...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Sep-2021, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Chelsea Green Publishing Co, ISBN-13: 9781645021377)
"e;Lash is capable of explaining the mind-bending concepts of Gnosticism and pagan mystery cults with bracing clarity and startling insight. . . . ( His) arguments are often lively and entertaining."e;-Los Angeles TimesFully revised and with a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Aug-2021, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: DANCE ALL DAY Musicvertriebs GmbH (Verlagsaccount), ISBN-13: 9783985940530)
As the Book of Enoch is, in some respects, the most notable extant apocalyptic work outside the canonical Scriptures, it will not be inappropriate to offer a few remarks here on the Apocalyptic Literature generally. In writing about the books which b...Loe edasi...
Building on critical work in biblical studies, which shows how a historically-bounded heretical tradition called Gnosticism was invented, this work focuses on the following stage in which it was essentialised into a sui generis, universal categor...Loe edasi...
Building on critical work in biblical studies, which shows how a historically-bounded heretical tradition called Gnosticism was invented, this work focuses on the following stage in which it was essentialised into a sui generis, universal categor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jul-2021, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300255577)
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas "e;The one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism."e;-Harold Bloo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2021, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000377651)
This book offers a detailed analysis of the Gospel of Thomas in its historic and literary context, providing a new understanding of the genesis of the Jesus tradition. Discovered in the twentieth century, the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas is an impo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2021, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000377620)
This book offers a detailed analysis of the Gospel of Thomas in its historic and literary context, providing a new understanding of the genesis of the Jesus tradition. Discovered in the twentieth century, the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas is an impo...Loe edasi...
El Libro de Enoc es uno de los apócrifos más apasionantes que nos ha legado la antigüedad. Su contenido es principalmente simbólico, insinuando misterios cósmicos referentes a la historia de la especie humana. Menciona con insistencia a ciertos...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Oct-2020, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000163223)
Comparing and evaluating modern theories of myth, this book offers an overview of explanations of myth from the social sciences and the humanities.This ambitious collection of essays uses the viewpoints of a variety of disciplines - psychology, anthr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Oct-2020, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000163261)
Comparing and evaluating modern theories of myth, this book offers an overview of explanations of myth from the social sciences and the humanities.This ambitious collection of essays uses the viewpoints of a variety of disciplines - psychology, anthr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Aug-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781474472180)
In this unique exposition of important and yet often neglected developments in the history of Western spirituality, Stefan Rossbach reminds us of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the Cold War era, drawing on the traditions of apocalyp...Loe edasi...
