43,45 €*
Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL
auf Lager, Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage
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 that 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 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 glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.
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 that 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 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 glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.
Born in Lewiston, Maine, Willis Barnstone was educated at Bowdoin, Columbia, the Sorbonne, and Yale. He taught in Greece at the end of the civil war (1949–51), and in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War. During the Cultural Revolution he went to China where he was later a Fulbright Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University (1984–85). Former O'Connor Professor of Greek at Colgate University, he is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish at Indiana University.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Religion & Theologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 896 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781590306314 |
| ISBN-10: | 1590306317 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Barnstone
Meyer |
| Redaktion: |
Meyer, Marvin
Barnstone, Willis |
| Hersteller: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Maße: | 233 x 156 x 58 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Marvin Meyer (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 1,271 kg |
Born in Lewiston, Maine, Willis Barnstone was educated at Bowdoin, Columbia, the Sorbonne, and Yale. He taught in Greece at the end of the civil war (1949–51), and in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War. During the Cultural Revolution he went to China where he was later a Fulbright Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University (1984–85). Former O'Connor Professor of Greek at Colgate University, he is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish at Indiana University.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Religion & Theologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 896 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781590306314 |
| ISBN-10: | 1590306317 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Barnstone
Meyer |
| Redaktion: |
Meyer, Marvin
Barnstone, Willis |
| Hersteller: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Maße: | 233 x 156 x 58 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Marvin Meyer (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 1,271 kg |
Ähnliche Produkte
Lieferzeit 2-3 Wochen
Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen
Lieferzeit 4-7 Werktage
Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage
Lieferzeit 4-7 Werktage
Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage
