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Author Williams, Michael Allen

Title Rethinking "Gnosticism" : an Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (356 pages)
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Summary Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling. Yet the term "gnosticism," which often connotes a single rebellious movement against the prevailing religions of late antiquity, gives the false impression of a monolithic religious phenomenon. Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the widely invoked category of ancient "gnosticism" and the ways it has been described. Presenting such famous writings and movements as the Apocryphon of John and Valentinian
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Subject Gnosticism.
Gnosticism.
RELIGION -- Gnosticism.
RELIGION -- History.
Gnosticism
Religion
SUBJECT Rome -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009771
Subject Rome (Empire)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400822218
1400822211