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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.
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