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Author : James McConkey Robinson
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Gnostic literature
ISBN : 9004071857
Author : Willem Cornelis Unnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)
ISBN : UOM:39015002785064
Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Random House
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781588364173
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament. In this spellbinding book, renowned religious scholar Elaine Pagels elucidates the mysteries and meanings of these sacred texts both in the world of the first Christians and in the context of Christianity today. With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of “Christianities” emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment—and access to God—within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary—or worthy—expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed—and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant, provocative, and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
Author : Brevard S. Childs,Clinton Morrison,Eduard Schweizer,Józef Tadeusz Milik,Willem Cornelis Unnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Bible
ISBN : LCCN:60001930
Author : Willis Barnstone,Marvin W. Meyer
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781590301999
The most comprehensive collection of gnostic literature ever published, this volume is the result of a unique collaboration between a renowned poet-translator and a leading scholar of early Christian texts.
Author : Marvin W. Meyer,James M. Robinson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062046369
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the recently discovered Gospel of Judas, as well as other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought. The compilation of ancient manuscripts that constitute The Nag Hammadi Scriptures is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions.
Author : Marvin W. Meyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061963407
The Meaning of the Nag Hammadi, now in paperback opens the with the thrilling adventure story of the discovery of the ancient Papyrii at Nag Hammadi. Muhammad Ali, the fellahin, discovered the sealed jar, he feared that it might contain a jinni, or spirit, but also had heard of hidden treasures in such jars. Greed overcame his fears and when he smashed open the jar, gold seemed to float into the air. To his disappointment, it was papyrus fragmenst, not gold, but for scholars around the world, it was invaluable. Meyer then discusses the pre–Christian forms of wisdom that went onto influence what Christians believe today. In addition, some Nag Hammadi texts are attributed to Valentinus, a man who almost became Pope, and whose rejection changed the church in significant ways. Text by text, Meyer traces the history and impact of this great find on the Church, right up to our current beliefs and popular cultural fascination with this officially suppressed secret knowledge about Jesus and his followers.
Author : Gerard van Groningen
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Gnosticism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Willem Cornelis van Unnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Bible
ISBN : MSU:31293103393876
Author : Bentley Layton,David Brakke,John Collins
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Gnosticism
ISBN : 9780300208542
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts from Greek, Latin, and Coptic, with introductions, bibliographies, and annotations. The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth centuries CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.
Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Paul Watkins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Apocryphal Gospels
ISBN : 1842930990
A superb series of compact, beautifully presented editions of sacred texts selected from the major writings of the world's spiritual traditions in reliable and accessible translations. and values, an urge to break free from the orthodoxies of our own cultural heritage and to explore beyond its frontiers in search of fulfilment and enlightenment. This search for truth leads us to the great sacred texts of the world's literature. The four titles this season include the Tao Te Ching, poetry brimming with Taoist wisdom about our need to bend to nature's currents; the inspirational Bhagavad Gita, which addresses the issues of conflict - both internal and external; the deeply mystical texts of the Kabbalah, which has recently become very popular in the West; and the fascinating forgotten scriptures of the Gnostic Gospels. These texts offer us a new compass to steer by in our quest for the truth and poetry of the spirit.
Author : Andrew Phillip Smith
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780284644
According to the ancient Gnostics—the early Christians who wrote such controversial texts as the recently discovered Gospel of Judas—we are all capable of gnosis, or direct knowledge of the true reality that lies behind the material world. Andrew Phillip Smith, author of respected works on the lost sayings of Jesus, the Gospel of Philip, and other Gnostic subjects, now offers a highly accessible layman’s introduction to this long-suppressed philosophy that offers an intriguing alternative to accepted Christian beliefs. With references to The Da Vinci Code, The Matrix, and other fictions inspired by the Gnostic worldview, this is an eye-opening, and possibly life-changing book meant to revive forgotten traditions, and perhaps even allow readers to experience gnosis themselves.
Author : Jean Doresse
Publisher : M J F Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gnosticism
ISBN : 1567312276
"Jean Doresse's book was originally published in 1958 as the first authoritative description of the now famous cache of Egyptian Gnostic writings known as the Nag-Hammadi Library or, as Doresse calls it, the Chenoboskion Library. Despite the forty plus years since publication, a more readable and thorough introduction to the material is not to be found. Until the Nag-Hammadi discovery, the Gnostics were thought to be no more than a heretical splinter group of early Christianity with particularly bizarre cosmologies and licentious sexual practices. Hardly surprising given that most of what we knew about the various sects of Gnostics came from their rivals, the Christians. Doresse thoroughly reviews what was known of Gnosticism before these writings of theirs were unearthed. As one of the original discoverers of these texts, his first person account of their unearthing, acquisition, and identification is quite engaging. A physical description of the books then is given. Finally he launches into a discussion of the texts themselves, and what they reveal to us of Gnostic belief and practice"--Amazon.com
Author : Joseph B. Lumpkin
Publisher : Fifth Estate Publishing
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1936533529
This book contains the most powerful and sought after compilation of Gnostic texts available. Gnostic writings discovered in the areas of Nag Hammadi, Cairo, Oxyrynchus, and around the world have been placed in a single volume to allow the reader an appreciation of the theology and deep wisdom held in the Gnostic sect of the Christian faith. Included in this book is information on various Gnostic thoughts and beliefs, which will help the reader better navigate a Christian theology vastly different from modern day Christianity. Within the texts are notes, commentary, definitions, and theological and biblical references. This volume includes the following texts: The Gospel of Truth, The Gospel Of Thomas, The Gospel of Barnabas, The Gospel of Peter, The Apocryphon of John, The First Apocalypse of James, The Second Apocalypse of James, The Gospel of Philip, The Gospel of Judas, The Gospel Of Mary Magdalene, Eugnostos the Blessed, and The Sophia of Jesus Christ.
Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1842932039
The Gnostics were early Christians whose beliefs and practices put them at odds with the orthodox Church; indeed, the Church considered Gnostics to be heretics and made a concerted effort to destroy their writings. However, in 1945, a remarkable discovery was made in Nag Hamadi, in the Egyptian desert: a jar containing 13 papyrus documents, dating back to the fourth century ad, with genuine Gnostic texts in the original Greek. In addition, this manuscript included four gospels that offered accounts of Jesus and His times that are strikingly different from the New Testament. Alan Jacobs brings his unrivalled scholarship to bear on these illuminating and eye-opening works, offering inspiring and poetic translations that capture the verses’ uplifting spiritual message and beauty.