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The Gnostic Bible Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds 1st Edition by Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer 1570622426 9781570622427

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Author(s): Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer
ISBN(s): 9781570622427, 1570622426
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 11.11 MB
Year: 2003
Language: english
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Author: Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE—with earlier antecedents and later flourishings—whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and father, and that self-knowledge is the supreme path to the divine. Only in the past fifty years has it become clear how far the gnostic influence spread in ancient and medieval religions—and what a marvelous body of scriptures it produced.

This is the first time that such a rich and diverse collection of gnostic texts have been brought together in a single volume, in translations that allow the spirit of the original texts to shine. The selections gathered here, in poetic, readable translation, represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar expressions of gnostic spirituality. Their regions of origin include Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, and France. Also included are introductions, notes, an extensive glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.

Table of contents:

Early wisdom gospels

Literature of Gnostic wisdom

Hermetic literature

Mandaean literature

Manichaean literature

Islamic mystical literature

Cathat literature.

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