Gnostic Religion in Antiquity
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- Author: Roelof van den Broek, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date Published: April 2015
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- isbn: 9781107514799
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Gnostic religion is the expression of a religious worldview which is dominated by the concept of Gnosis, an esoteric knowledge of God and the human being which grants salvation to those who possess it. Roelof van den Broek presents here a fresh approach to the gnostic current of Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, based on sources in Greek, Latin and Coptic, including discussions of the individual works of preserved gnostic literature. Van den Broek explores the various gnostic interpretations of the Christian faith that were current in the second and third centuries, whilst showing that despite its influence on early Christianity, gnostic religion was not a typically Christian phenomenon. This book will be of interest to theologians, historians of religion, students and scholars of the history of Late Antiquity and early Christianity, as well as specialists in ancient gnostic and hermetic traditions.
Read more- A new approach to the much-discussed problem of the origin of Gnostic religion in antiquity
- A complete and unparallelled survey of the preserved authentic Gnostic literature, including Greek, Latin and Coptic sources
- An in-depth analysis of the Gnostic experience and Gnostic ideas about God, the world and man
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- Date Published: April 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107514799
- length: 266 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.36kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Gnosis and Gnostic religion
2. Gnostic literature I: tradition
3. Gnostic literature II: texts
4. Anti-Gnostic literature
5. Gnosis: essence and expressions
6. Backgrounds.
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