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Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty / edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied, and John D. Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 76.
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 76
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mystery.
- Secrecy--Religious aspects.
- Secrecy.
- Nag Hammadi codices.
- Gnostic literature--History and criticism.
- Gnostic literature.
- Gnosticism.
- Manichaeism.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 540 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Eighteen contributions in English and 5 in French.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Scholars of religion from Europe and North America explore mystery and secrets in the Nag Hammadi and related Gnostic writings and in Christian and other practices, texts, and material culture. The 23 essays in this collection include discussions of mystery and secrecy in The Secret Revelation of John, the Sethian books of the Nag Hammadi library as secret books, esotericism and Evagrius of Pontus in the Egyptian desert, the secret of an early Christian mystical experience, mystery and secrecy in Paul, a suggestion on the origins of Christological fish symbolism, initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries, the Mithras Liturgy as mystery and magic, and the secret hymn in Hermetic texts. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi and related Gnostic writings
- pt. 2. Mystery and secrecy in other Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture
- pt. 3. Mystery and secrecy in non-Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature.
- ISBN:
- 9004215123
- 9789004215122
- Publisher Number:
- 99947520936
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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