The myth, ritual, and diversity in early ChristianityBrakke, David.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.mauCambridge, MassHarvard University Press2010monographiceng1 online resource (xii, 164 pages)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.David Brakke.Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.GnosticismChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600RELIGIONHistoryChurch historyPrimitive and early churchGnosticismRELIGION / Gnosticism 30-600 fast BT1390 .B69 2010eb273/.1Brakke, David.Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010(DLC) 2010018570(OCoLC)55566061797806740588970674058895ProQuest22573/ctvjkwzkq JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=361687http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=361687&site=ehost-livehttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=361687http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=361687http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=361687&site=ehost-livehttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=361687N$T11062820200709055347.0ocn733332472eng