Ancient Gnosticism : traditions and literature / Birger A. Pearson.
Publication details: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780800632588
- 0800632583
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BSOP Library | GC | BT1390 P31 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00055418 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and indexes.
What is Gnosticism? -- Heresiological reports on early Gnostic teachers and systems -- Sethian or Classic Gnosticism -- Gnostic biblical interpretation: the Gnostic Genesis -- Basilides and Basilidian Gnosis -- Valentinus and Valentinian Gnosis -- Three-principle systems -- Coptic Gnostic writings of uncertain affiliation -- Thomas Christianity -- Hermes Trismegistus and Hermetic Gnosis -- Mani and Manichaeism -- The Mandaeans: a surviving relic of ancient Gnosis -- The persistence of Gnosticism.
