Jonas, Hans
Gnostic Religion The message of the Alien God and the beginnings of Christianity The Gnostic Religion Hans Jonas - Boston, Mass. Beacon Press 1963 - 358 p.
Contents:
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
Bibliography
Selected supplementary bibliography
Index
Index to proper names
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religion
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Gnostic Religion The message of the Alien God and the beginnings of Christianity The Gnostic Religion Hans Jonas - Boston, Mass. Beacon Press 1963 - 358 p.
Contents:
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
Bibliography
Selected supplementary bibliography
Index
Index to proper names
0807057991
religion
Gnostic
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