The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity - Softcover

Brakke

 
9780674066038: The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674066030 ISBN 13: 9780674066038
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 2012

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<p>Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected Gnosticism? This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of “Gnosticism” and the nature of early Christian diversity. Acknowledging that the category “Gnosticism” is flawed and must be reformed, <b>David Brakke</b> argues for a more careful approach to gathering evidence for the ancient Christian movement known as the Gnostic school of thought. He shows how Gnostic myth and ritual addressed basic human concerns about alienation and meaning, offered a message of salvation in Jesus, and provided a way for people to regain knowledge of God, the ultimate source of their being.<br><br>Rather than depicting the Gnostics as heretics or as the losers in the fight to define Christianity, Brakke argues that the Gnostics participated in an ongoing reinvention of Christianity, in which other Christians not only rejected their ideas but also adapted and transformed them. This book will challenge scholars to think in news ways, but it also provides an accessible introduction to the Gnostics and their fellow early Christians.</p>

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David Brakke is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.

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Verlag
Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674066030
ISBN 13 
9780674066038
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Anzahl der Seiten
180
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