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Gnostic religion in antiquity /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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."-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781139625999 1139625993 9781139612975 1139612972 9781283943253 1283943255 1139611119 9781139611114 1107237726 9781107237728 1139622277 9781139622271 1139609300 9781139609302 1139381652 9781139381659 1139616692 9781139616690 |