The gnostic religion :
Jonas, Hans, 1903-1993.
The gnostic religion : the message of the alien God and the beginnings of Christianity / - 2d ed., rev. - Boston, Beacon Press [1963] - 355 p. 21 cm. - Beacon paperback .
Introduction: East and West in Hellenism --
The meaning of Gnosis and the extent of the Gnostic movement --
Gnostic imagery and symbolic language --
Simon Magus --
The "Hymn of the Pearl" --
The angels that made the world. The gospel of Marcion --
The Poimandres of Hermes Trismegistus --
The Valentinian speculation --
Creation, world history, and salvation according to Mani --
The cosmos in Greek and Gnostic evaluation --
Virtue and the soul in Greek and Gnostic teaching --
The recent discoveries in the field of Gnosticism --
Epilogue: Gnosticism, Nihilism and Existentialism.
63008950
Gnosticism.
BT1390 / .J62 1963
273.1
The gnostic religion : the message of the alien God and the beginnings of Christianity / - 2d ed., rev. - Boston, Beacon Press [1963] - 355 p. 21 cm. - Beacon paperback .
Introduction: East and West in Hellenism --
The meaning of Gnosis and the extent of the Gnostic movement --
Gnostic imagery and symbolic language --
Simon Magus --
The "Hymn of the Pearl" --
The angels that made the world. The gospel of Marcion --
The Poimandres of Hermes Trismegistus --
The Valentinian speculation --
Creation, world history, and salvation according to Mani --
The cosmos in Greek and Gnostic evaluation --
Virtue and the soul in Greek and Gnostic teaching --
The recent discoveries in the field of Gnosticism --
Epilogue: Gnosticism, Nihilism and Existentialism.
63008950
Gnosticism.
BT1390 / .J62 1963
273.1