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The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition

Name: The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition
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Contributors:

Willis Barnstone (Editor), Marvin Meyer (Editor)

Publisher:

Shambhala

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Religion

Book Subcategory:

Gnosticism, Christian Theology, Christian Church

Book Topic:

History

Edition Description:

Revised, Expand Edition

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Release Date:

2009-06-30

ISBN 13:

9781590306314

Weight:

2.73 lbs

Size:

9.08 x 6.27 x 2.03 inches

Pages:

896

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A collection of Gnostic texts spanning centuries, geographical locations, and cultural traditions--"a wonderful achievement" (Elaine Pagels, author of The Gnostic Gospels)

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.

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.

About the Author
Marvin Meyer, PhD, (1948-2012) was Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. His books include The Gospel of Thomas and, with James Robinson, The Nag Hammadi Scriptures.

Born in Lewiston, Maine, Willis Barnstone was educated at Bowdoin, Columbia, the Sorbonne, and Yale. He taught in Greece at the end of the civil war (1949-51), and in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War. During the Cultural Revolution he went to China where he was later a Fulbright Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University (1984-85). Former O'Connor Professor of Greek at Colgate University, he is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish at Indiana University.

The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition

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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers

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The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

Eusebius: The Church History

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Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

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