Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty |
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| Editor:
| Bull, Christian H.
Lied, Liv
Turner, John D. |
| Series title: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-21207-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $278.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.
Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.