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1. Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions And Literature by Birger A. Pearson | |
Paperback: 362
Pages
(2007-06-20)
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Pearson's guide for the perplexed on Ancient Gnosticism
Accessible to religious scholars and lay readers alike. |
2. Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing by Stephan A. Hoeller | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2002-07-01)
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Good information, wrong empahasis
A Fantastic Introduction...
Very Disappointing
Hard to imagine a better introduction to gnosticism
A Great Introduction |
3. What Is Gnosticism? by Karen L. King | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2005-04-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description A distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk religion traceable to "Oriental syncretism"? How do we account for the disparate ideas, writings, and practices that have been placed under the Gnostic rubric? To do so, Karen King says, we must first disentangle modern historiography from the Christian discourse of orthodoxy and heresy that has pervaded--and distorted--the story. Exciting discoveries of previously unknown ancient writings--especially the forty-six texts found at Nag Hammadi in 1945--are challenging historians of religion to rethink not only what we mean by Gnosticism but also the standard account of Christian origins. The Gospel of Mary and The Secret Book of John, for example, illustrate the variety of early Christianities and are witness to the struggle of Christians to craft an identity in the midst of the culturally pluralistic Roman Empire. King shows how historians have been misled by ancient Christian polemicists who attacked Gnostic beliefs as a "dark double" against which the new faith could define itself. Having identified past distortions, she is able to offer a new and clarifying definition of Gnosticism. Her book is thus both a thorough and innovative introduction to the twentieth-century study of Gnosticism and a revealing exploration of the concept of heresy as a tool in forming religious identity. Customer Reviews (13)
Too much critiquing and not enough contribution
A helpful overview of a complex field
Gnosticism: Not defined here
Understand ancient religion, not the unreal polemical category "Gnosticism"
From polemics to pragmatics |
4. A Dictionary of Gnosticism by Andrew Phillip Smith | |
Paperback: 296
Pages
(2009-11-17)
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very resourceful
Useful in digging for truth |
5. Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism by Kurt Rudolph | |
Paperback: 432
Pages
(1987-05-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description Presents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity. Customer Reviews (15)
A nice book to add to my collection
A surefire cure for insomnia
Overly complex
Great Alternatives in Speculating at the Whole Scheme of Things
Gnosticism 101 |
6. Gnosticism and Christianity in Roman and Coptic Egypt (Studies in Antiquity and Christianity) by Birger A. Pearson | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2004-03-19)
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Excellect Scholarship -- Primer on Subject |
7. Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, & Early Christianity: Fourteen Leading Scholars Discuss the Current Issues in Gnostic Studies | |
Paperback: 332
Pages
(1986-11)
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8. Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism by Richard Smoley | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2007-05-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity – truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia. In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric religion of gnosticism, which flourished between the first and fourth centuries A.D., but whose legacy remains even today, having survived secretly throughout the ages. Customer Reviews (14)
Excellent overview
Covers a Lot of Ground Extremely Well
Hey, what about scientology?
vevry educational
Insightful but incomplete |
9. Pre-Christian Gnosticism: A Survey of the Proposed Evidences by Edwin M. Yamauchi | |
Paperback: 280
Pages
(2003-10)
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Important, balanced, and brilliant. |
10. Gnosticism and Early Christianity by Robert M. Grant | |
Hardcover: 249
Pages
(1967-03)
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11. The Allure of Gnosticism | |
Paperback: 244
Pages
(1995-03-01)
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A collection of essays related to gnosticism
A useful and thought-provoking series of essays |
12. Neoplatonism and Gnosticism (Studies in Neoplatonism) | |
Paperback: 548
Pages
(1992-07-07)
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13. Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus by Ismo O. Dunderberg | |
Hardcover: 336
Pages
(2008-03-21)
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Editorial Review Product Description Valentinus was a popular, influential, and controversial early Christian teacher. His school flourished in the second and third centuries C.E. Yet because his followers ascribed the creation of the visible world not to a supreme God but to an inferior and ignorant Creator-God, they were from early on accused of heresy, and rumors were spread of their immorality and sorcery. Beyond Gnosticism suggests that scholars approach Valentinians as an early Christian group rather than as a representative of ancient "Gnosticism"-a term notoriously difficult to define. The study shows that Valentinian myths of origin are filled with references to lifestyle (such as the control of emotions), the Christian community, and society, providing students with ethical instruction and new insights into their position in the world. While scholars have mapped the religio-historical and philosophical backgrounds of Valentinian myth, they have yet to address the significance of these mythmaking practices or emphasize the practical consequences of Valentinians' theological views. In this groundbreaking study, Ismo Dunderberg provides a comprehensive portrait of a group hounded by other Christians after Christianity gained a privileged position in the Roman Empire. Valentinians displayed a keen interest in mythmaking and the interpretation of myths, spinning complex tales about the origin of humans and the world. As this book argues, however, Valentinian Christians did not teach "myth for myth's sake." Rather, myth and practice were closely intertwined. After a brief introduction to the members of the school of Valentinus and the texts they left behind, Dunderberg focuses on Valentinus's interpretation of the biblical creation myth, in which the theologian affirmed humankind's original immortality as a present, not lost quality and placed a special emphasis on the "frank speech" afforded to Adam by the supreme God. Much like ancient philosophers, Valentinus believed that the divine Spirit sustained the entire cosmic chain and saw evil as originating from conspicuous "matter." Dunderberg then turns to other instances of Valentinian mythmaking dominated by ethical concerns. For example, the analysis and therapy of emotions occupy a prominent place in different versions of the myth of Wisdom's fall, proving that Valentinians, like other educated early Christians, saw Christ as the healer of emotions. Dunderberg also discusses theTripartite Tractate, the most extensive account to date of Valentinian theology, and shows how Valentinians used cosmic myth to symbolize the persecution of the church in the Roman Empire and to create a separate Christian identity in opposition to the Greeks and the Jews. |
14. Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism (Studies in Antiquity & Christianity) by Karen L. King | |
Paperback: 480
Pages
(2000-09-01)
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Reference Work |
15. Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category by Michael Allen Williams | |
Paperback: 360
Pages
(1999-04-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description The modern construct "gnosticism" is not justified by any ancient self-definition, and many of the most commonly cited religious features that supposedly define gnosticism phenomenologically turn out to be questionable. Exploring the sample sets of "gnostic" teachings, Williams refutes generalizations concerning asceticism and libertinism, attitudes toward the body and the created world, and alleged features of protest, parasitism, and elitism. He sketches a fresh model for understanding ancient innovations on more "mainstream" Judaism and Christianity, a model that is informed by modern research on dynamics in new religious movements and is freed from the false stereotypes from which the category "gnosticism" has been constructed. Customer Reviews (9)
good arumentation, but his way of correcting the problem is wrong
Taking it a little too far
The definitive argument for reviving the spirit
Demiurgal urges
A Timely Rethink |
16. From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism (Studien Und Texte Zu Antike Und Christentum) by Attilio Mastrocinque | |
Hardcover: 244
Pages
(2005-01)
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17. GNOSTICISM, JUDAISM, AND EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY by BIRGER PEARSON | |
Paperback: 252
Pages
(1990-01-01)
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Amazing contribution... |
18. The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness by Carl A. Raschke | |
Hardcover: 271
Pages
(1980-02)
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19. Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and Talmudic Tradition by Gershom G. Scholem | |
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(1965)
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20. A Separate God: The Christian Origins of Gnosticism by Simone Petrement | |
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(1993-10)
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A Separate God
A "must" for those who value the contributions of the Gnostic Christians |
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