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The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition

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Gnosticism was once a wide-ranging religious movement of the primary millennium CE—with in advance antecedents and later flourishings—whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious enjoy. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. As an example, some gnostic texts suggest that god must be celebrated as both mother and father, and that self-knowledge is the supreme path to the divine. Only up to now fifty years has it change into clear how a ways 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 word list, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.

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