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Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature [electronic resource] : 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, 0929-2470 ; v. 76
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gnostic literature--History and criticism.
- Gnostic literature.
- Gnosticism.
- Manichaeism.
- Mystery.
- Secrecy.
- Nag Hammadi codices.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (560 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mystery and secrecy were central concepts in the ritual, rhetoric, and sociological stratification of antique Mediterranean religions. That the ultimate nature and workings of the divine were secret, and either could not or should not be revealed except as a mystery for the initiated, was widely accepted among Pagans, Jews, and then Christians, both Gnostic and otherwise. The similarities and differences in the language of mystery and secrecy across religious and cultural borders are thus crucial for understanding this important period of the history of religions. The present anthology aims to present and analyze a wide selection of sources elucidating this theme, reflecting the correspondingly wide scholarly interests of Professor Einar Thomassen in honor of his 60th birthday.
- 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 upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-34565-X
- 9786613345653
- 90-04-21512-3
- OCLC:
- 777549415
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004215122 DOI
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