Gnosis: The Nature and History of GnosticismPresents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity. |
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Cuprins
THE SOURCES | 9 |
The Older Sources | 25 |
NATURE AND STRUCTURE | 53 |
Cosmology and Cosmogony | 67 |
Anthropology and Anthropogony | 88 |
The Doctrine of Redemption and the Redeemer | 113 |
The Ascent of the Soul and the End of the World | 171 |
Community Cult and Social Practice Ethics | 204 |
Early Schools and Systems | 294 |
The Great Systems of the 2nd Century | 308 |
Manicheism | 326 |
The Mandeans | 343 |
EPILOGUE | 367 |
| 391 | |
| 405 | |
HISTORY | 275 |
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Gnosis: The Nature and History of an Ancient Religion Kurt Rudolph Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1983 |
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Prophecy and Gnosis: Apocalypticism in the Wake of the Lutheran Reformation Robin Bruce Barnes Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1988 |
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Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism |
| Autor | Kurt Rudolph |
| Ediție | retipărită |
| Editor | A&C Black, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0567086402, 9780567086402 |
| Lungime | 412 pagini |
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