A history of Gnosticism
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A history of Gnosticism
Blackwell, 1992, c1990
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L'attesa della fine : storia della gnosi
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Translation of: L'attesa della fine : storia della gnosi
First published in hardcover, 1990
Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Gnosticism, considered a heresy among the early Christians and persisted for many centuries. Drawing upon the latest scholarship and a wide range of sources, including the writings of the Gnostics themselves, Giovanni Filoramo provides an introduction to this variation of early Christian dogma. He traces the origins and history of Gnosticism, from its beginning in the first two centuries AD, and the development of Gnostic beliefs and mystic philosophy. He aims to demonstrate the links between Gnosticism and heretical movements of early medieval Europe.
Table of Contents
- Fragments of a lost faith
- between demons and gods - an age of revelation
- the gnostic imagination
- in the world of the pleroma
- the arrogance of the demiurge and the creation of the world
- "And God Said, let us make mankind in our own image and likeness"
- mysterium comiunctionis - the gnostic saviour
- waiting for the end
- Simon Magus and the origins of gnosticism
- visionaries, prophets and divine men - towards a history of gnosticism
- ascetics and libertines.
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