The gnostic religion : the message of the alien God & the beginnings of Christianity / Hans Jonas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonas, Hans, 1903-1993.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gnosticism.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 359 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2001]

Summary:

The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

Contents:

1. Introduction : East and West in Hellenism

PART I. Gnostic literature - main tenets, symbolic language. 2. The meaning of Gnosis and the extent of the Gnostic movement

3. Gnostic imagery and symbolic language

PART II. Gnostic systems of thought. 4. Simon Magus

5. The "hymn of the pearl"

6. The angels that made the world. The gospel of Marcion

7. The Poimandres of Hermes Trismegistus

8. The Valentinian speculation

9. Creation, world history, and salvation according to Mani

PART III. Gnosticism and the classical mind. 10. The cosmos in Greek and Gnostic evaluation

11. Virtue and the soul in Greek and Gnostic teaching

Supplements to the second edition. 12. The recent discoveries in the field of Gnosticism

13. Epilogue : Gnosticism, Nihilism and Existentialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-355) and index.

ISBN:

0807058017

OCLC:

44713051