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Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature [[electronic resource] ] : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty / / edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied and John D. Turner



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Titolo: Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature [[electronic resource] ] : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty / / edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied and John D. Turner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (560 p.)
Disciplina: 229/.9
Soggetto topico: Gnostic literature - History and criticism
Gnosticism
Manichaeism
Mystery
Secrecy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: ThomassenEinar  
BullChristian H  
LiedLiv Ingeborg  
TurnerJohn Douglas  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 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.
Sommario/riassunto: Mystery 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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ISBN: 1-283-34565-X
9786613345653
90-04-21512-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457226203321
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Serie: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; ; 76.