Introduction To Gnosticism
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Introduction To Gnosticism
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Author : Nicola Denzey Lewis
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2013-02-14
Introduction To Gnosticism written by Nicola Denzey Lewis and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-14 with Religion categories.
Introduction to "Gnosticism": Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds is the first textbook on Gnosticism, guiding students through the most significant of the Nag Hammadi texts, grouping them by theme and genre, and revealing to the uninitiated their most inscrutable mysteries.
Gnosticism
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Author : Stephan A Hoeller
language : en
Publisher: Quest Books
Release Date : 2012-12-13
Gnosticism written by Stephan A Hoeller and has been published by Quest Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-13 with Religion categories.
Gnosticism developed alongside Judeo-Christianity over two thousand years ago, but with an important difference: It emphasizes, not faith, but direct perception of God--Gnosticism being derived from the Greek word gnosis, meaning "knowledge." Given the controversial premise that one can know God directly, the history of Gnosticism is an unfolding drama of passion, political intrigue, martyrdom, and mystery. Dr. Hoeller traces this fascinating story throughout time and shows how Gnosticism has inspired such great thinkers as Voltaire, Blake, Yeats, Hesse, Melville, and Jung.
The Nag Hammadi Library In English
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Author : James McConkey Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1984
The Nag Hammadi Library In English written by James McConkey Robinson and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Gnostic literature categories.
Gnosis And Faith In Early Christianity
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Author : Riemer Roukema
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1999
Gnosis And Faith In Early Christianity written by Riemer Roukema and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.
In this introductory handbook, Riemer Roukema explores the meaning of the "gnosis" phenomenon and sets forth the relationship between Gnosticism and the church.
The Gnostics
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Author : David Brakke
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011
The Gnostics written by David Brakke and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Religion categories.
Brakke writes a pioneering study of the way the demon role relates to religious thinking and to cultural anxieties. The author's sources include biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, community rules, and biblical commentaries. When monks imagined the resistance that they had to overcome in cultivating their selves or the temptation that offered an easier path, they saw supernatural beings that could take the shapes of animals, women, boys, and false angels in their attempts to seduce monks away from their devotion to God. And when they considered the inclinations in their own selves that opposed their best intentions, they concluded that demons introduced such problematic "thoughts" to their minds. Although the last twenty years has seen an explosion of scholarship on early Christian asceticism, producing brilliant explorations of the body, sexual renunciation, fasting, and gender, combat with demons has been left relatively unexplored.
The Gnostics
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Author : Sean Martin
language : en
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Release Date : 2012-02-03
The Gnostics written by Sean Martin and has been published by Oldcastle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-03 with Religion categories.
Gnosticism - derived from the Greek word gnosis, to know - is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ and, at one time, it almost became the dominant form of Christianity. Yet some Gnostic beliefs derive from the older Mystery traditions of Greece and Rome, and the various Gnostic schools came to be branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. Indeed, although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity Gnosticism also held that the world is imperfect as it was created by an evil god who was constantly at war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers; that reincarnation exists; and that women were the equal of men As a result, the Gnostics held the Feminine Aspect of God - whom they addressed as Sophia, or Wisdom - in very high regard. They also stressed that we each have a spark of the Divine inside us which, when recognised and developed, will ultimately liberate us from the prison of the material world. Although largely stamped out by the Church by the sixth century, Gnosticism survived underground through groups such as the Bogomils and the Cathars, and influenced the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the Existentialists, the New Age movement and writers as diverse as William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Albert Camus and Philip K. Dick. In this book, Sean Martin recounts the long and diverse history of Gnosticism, and argues for its continued relevance today.
What Is Gnosticism
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Author : Karen L. King
language : en
Publisher: Belknap Press
Release Date : 2003
What Is Gnosticism written by Karen L. King and has been published by Belknap Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
A study of gnosticism examines the various ways early Christians strove to define themselves in a pluralistic Roman society, while questioning the traditional ideas of heresy and orthodoxy that have previously influenced historians.
An Introduction To The New Testament And The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Delbert Burkett
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-07-10
An Introduction To The New Testament And The Origins Of Christianity written by Delbert Burkett and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-10 with Religion categories.
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Introduction To Gnosticism
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Author : Nicola Denzey Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Introduction To Gnosticism written by Nicola Denzey Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Gnosticism categories.
Ideal for use in courses in Early Christianity/Origins of Christianity, Christianity to 1500, Gnostic Gospels, Gnosticism, Early Christian Writings, Orthodoxy and Heresy, and New Testament Studies, Introduction to "Gnosticism" is enhanced by numerous pedagogical features, including images of the manuscripts, study and discussion questions, annotated bibliographies, tables, diagrams, maps, and a glossary --Book Jacket.