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 a...Loe edasi...
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 lat...Loe edasi...
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....Loe edasi...
This volume is the definitive study of three early Carpocratian leaders, including the first full-length study and commentary on Epiphanes fragments. With full profiles of these figures and updated research on the Carpocratian movement, this access...Loe edasi...
Is the Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Paul a Valentinian text? Many would say no, few would say yes. The Valentinian Temple brings together all the available evidence to produce a systematic argument in favour of the Apocalypse of Pauls Valentinian origi...Loe edasi...
This book challenges the popular use of Valentinian to describe a Christian school of thought in the second century CE by analysing documents ascribed to Valentinians by early Christian Apologists, and more recently by modern scholars after the disc...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
The Gnostic World is an outstanding guide to Gnosticism, designed as a collection of critical studies by experts to both widen and deepen study in Gnostic movements and strands of speculation as a discrete World of human socio-spiritual life from...Loe edasi...
Compiling and critiquing modern theories and theorists of myth, this book offers an overview of theories around the origin and function of various mythologies and mythological figures, allowing wider theoretical claims to be made about the relations...Loe edasi...
Whereas many works interpret Irenaeus only as he relates to certain gnostic teachings, this book recognizes the broader context of the second century society in which he writes. It shows that Irenaeus is interested, not simply in expounding the orig...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Sep-2004, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199267798)
The Macarian writings are one of the principal fountainheads of the Christian ascetic and mystical tradition. This book re-evaluates many of the factors which have hindered a due appreciation of the nature of their theological and spiritual legacy....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2002, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780195153859)
The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inf...Loe edasi...
Gnosticism was for C.G. jung the chief prefiguration of his analytical psychology. In this volume Robert Segal has searched the Jungian corpus for Jungs main discussions of this ancient form of spirituality....Loe edasi...
