LEADER 03451nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910457226203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-34565-X 010 $a9786613345653 010 $a90-04-21512-3 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004215122 035 $a(CKB)2550000000073311 035 $a(EBL)1010520 035 $a(OCoLC)777549415 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551751 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11348397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551751 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10526873 035 $a(PQKB)11731324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1010520 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004215122 035 $a(PPN)170736148 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1010520 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518829 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL334565 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000073311 100 $a20110803d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature$b[electronic resource] $eideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty /$fedited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied and John D. Turner 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (560 p.) 225 1 $aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,$x0929-2470 ;$vv. 76 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-21207-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $apt. 1. Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi and related gnostic writings -- pt. 2. Mystery and secrecy in other Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture -- pt. 3. Mystery and secrecy in non-Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture. 330 $aMystery and secrecy were central concepts in the ritual, rhetoric, and sociological stratification of antique Mediterranean religions. That the ultimate nature and workings of the divine were secret, and either could not or should not be revealed except as a mystery for the initiated, was widely accepted among Pagans, Jews, and then Christians, both Gnostic and otherwise. The similarities and differences in the language of mystery and secrecy across religious and cultural borders are thus crucial for understanding this important period of the history of religions. The present anthology aims to present and analyze a wide selection of sources elucidating this theme, reflecting the correspondingly wide scholarly interests of Professor Einar Thomassen in honor of his 60th birthday. 410 0$aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;$v76. 606 $aGnostic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGnosticism 606 $aManichaeism 606 $aMystery 606 $aSecrecy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGnostic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGnosticism. 615 0$aManichaeism. 615 0$aMystery. 615 0$aSecrecy. 676 $a229/.9 701 $aThomassen$b Einar$0280790 701 $aBull$b Christian H$0907337 701 $aLied$b Liv Ingeborg$0907338 701 $aTurner$b John Douglas$0214651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457226203321 996 $aMystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature$92029784 997 $aUNINA