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This engaging introduction explores Gnosticism, the diverse religious movement that challenged conventional ideas about creation, salvation, and the nature of divine knowledge in the early centuries of Christianity. Drawing on discoveries from the Nag Hammadi library and the Gospel of Judas, it examines the beliefs, myths, rituals, and communities associated with Gnostic traditions while placing them in the broader world of late antiquity. The book also considers how early Christian leaders defined orthodoxy and why Gnostic writings were suppressed, forgotten, and eventually rediscovered. Accessible and historically grounded, it invites readers to reconsider the complexity of early Christianity and the enduring appeal of alternative spiritual visions.
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Teaching Company, LLC, The
Published Dec 25, 2014
ISBN: 9781598039160
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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