Brakke, David.

The Gnostics : myth, ritual, and diversity in early Christianity / David Brakke. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.

Imagining "Gnosticism" and early Christianities -- Identifying the Gnostics and their literature -- The myth and rituals of the Gnostic school of thought -- Unity and diversity in second-century Rome -- Strategies of self-differentiation.

9780674058897 0674058895

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Gnosticism.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION--History.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Gnosticism.
RELIGION / Gnosticism


Electronic books.

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