Description: Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CEwith earlier antecedents and later flourishingswhose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and father, and that self-knowledge is the supreme path to the divine. Only in the past fifty years has it become clear how far the gnostic influence spread in ancient and medieval religionsand what a marvelous body of scriptures it produced. The selections gathered here, in poetic, readable translation, represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar expressions of gnostic spirituality. Their regions of origin include Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, and France. Also included are introductions, notes, an extensive glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Gnostic Bibles : Revised and Expanded Edition
Number of Pages: 896 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Topic: Christian Church / History, Christian Theology / History, Gnosticism
Item Height: 2 in
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 41.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Marvin Meyer
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
