Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the doctrines and history of "Valentinianism," making full use of the documents from Nag Hammadi as well as the reports of the Church Fathers.
Christology is essential and provides the basis for the myth of Sophia. The book is relevant for all students of Christian origins and the early history of the Church.
Ce volume propose une edition du texte copte du Traite tripartite accompagnee d'une traduction francaise et d'une introduction, ainsi que d'un commentaire detaille a la fois philologique et doctrinal.
Begge forfatterne er professorer i religionsvitenskap ved Universitetet i Bergen. De tar i denne boka for seg oldtidens religioner, helt tilbake til de eldste sivilisasjonene i Midtøsten og middelhavsområdet.
This volume of letters is a companion to R.S. O'Fahey's Enigmatic Saint: Ahmad Ibn Idris and the Idrisi tradition (Hurst, 1990), and provides primary source material that substantiates points more lightly touched upon in the main work.