The Gnostic Scriptures: Ancient Wisdom for the New Age

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This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere literary traditions of ancient Christianity Hellenistic Judaism Included are maps, tables index. Read The Gnostic Scriptures: Ancient Wisdom for the New Age – kino-fada.fr Bentley Layton s translation of gnostic scriptures provides a great supplement to Robinson s Nag Hammadi Library He presents one of the best and most concise general introductions to the extremely complicated gnostic mythology of anything I have yet to read His collection of scriptures includes tractates that are not in Nag Hammadi such as the Hermetic text Poimandres Further, each text is introduced with a summary of it s contents, the literary background, a breakdown of it s mythic Bentley Layton s translation of gnostic scriptures provides a great supplement to Robinson s Nag Hammadi Library He presents one of the best and most concise general introductions to the extremely complicated gnostic mythology of anything I ...Fun subway reading Fun to see where all that mysticism in Aeon Flux came from, and I was also genuinely interested in early Christian schisms and heresies A definite need to read for people interested in Gnosticism and who read English.The definitive translation introduction of any anthology of Gnostic Scripture, Bentley Layton has allowed us to hear what Valentinus had heard when questioning the abandoned babe I am the word We are the word, and our word is God This is the central premise of Gnosticism and the Gnostic religion in general It is not self worship, but the discovery of previously unknown regions of the selfvital andinforming than their predecessors it is what Emerson would later call the god The definitive translation introduction of any anthology of Gnostic Scripture, Bentley Layton has allowed us to hear what Valentinus had heard when questioning the abandoned babe I am the word We are the word, and our word is God This is the central premise of Gnosticism and the Gnostic religion in general It is not self worship, but the disco...I finished the Gospel of Thomas, and I m generally baffled Lots of it sounds very familiar, and echoes the canonical gospels Other sayings are basically nonsense I m not a scholar, but I don t think that th...not sure if this is the right version

The Gnostic Scriptures: Ancient Wisdom for the New Age
  • 10 June 2019
  • Paperback
  • 576 pages
  • Bentley Layton
  • The Gnostic Scriptures: Ancient Wisdom for the New Age