Gnosis: The Nature and History of GnosticismPresents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity. |
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Contents
THE SOURCES | 9 |
The Older Sources | 25 |
NATURE AND STRUCTURE | 53 |
Cosmology and Cosmogony | 67 |
Anthropology and Anthropogony | 88 |
The Doctrine of Redemption and the Redeemer | 113 |
The Ascent of the Soul and the End of the World | 171 |
Community Cult and Social Practice Ethics | 204 |
Early Schools and Systems | 294 |
The Great Systems of the 2nd Century | 308 |
Manicheism | 326 |
The Mandeans | 343 |
EPILOGUE | 367 |
| 391 | |
| 405 | |
HISTORY | 275 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism |
| Author | Kurt Rudolph |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0567086402, 9780567086402 |
| Length | 412 pages |
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