Presents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity. Detailed and scholarly exposition, equally valuable to scholar and lay-person. The author's point of view is objective and in the main uninfluenced by heresiological bias. Inclu
Gnosis : the nature and history of gnosticism
โ Scribed by Kurt Rudolph; Robert McLachlan Wilson
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 419
- Edition
- 1st Harper & Row pbk. ed.
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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