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050 00 $aBT1390$b.G4937 2003
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245 04 $aThe gnostic Bible /$cedited by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBoston, Mass. :$bShambhala,$c2003.
300 $aix, 860 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 835-848) and index.
505 0 $aEarly wisdom gospels -- Literature of Gnostic wisdom -- Hermetic literature -- Mandaean literature -- Manichaean literature -- Islamic mystical literature -- Cathat literature.
520 $aPublisher's description: 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 the 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 religions₇and what a marvelous body of scriptures it produced. This is the first time that such a rich and diverse collection of gnostic texts have been brought together in a single volume, in translations that allow the spirit of the original texts to shine. 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.
650 0 $aGnostic literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055465
700 1 $aBarnstone, Willis,$d1927-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78096919
700 1 $aMeyer, Marvin W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81003476
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/2003007148.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003007148.html
852 00 $bbar$hBT1390$i.G4937 2003
852 00 $buts$hBT1390$i.G4937 2003