The secret books of the Egyptian Gnostics : an introduction to the Gnostic Coptic manuscripts discovered at Chenoboskion / by Jean Doresse ; with an English translation and critical evaluation of the Gospel according to Thomas. [print]

By:

Doresse, Jean, 1917- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781567312270

Uniform titles:

Livres secrets des gnostiques d'Egypte. English

Subject(s):

Gnosticism

LOC classification:

BT1390.D695.S437 1986
BT1390

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Original texts and monuments -- The story of a discovery -- Thirteen codices of papyrus -- Forty-four secret (and hitherto unknown) books -- The Sethians according to their writings -- The survival of gnosticism: from Manichaeism to the Islamic sects -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The teaching of Simon Magus in the Chenoboskion manuscripts -- Appendix II: The Gospel according to Thomas.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BT1390.D613 1986b (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001676408

Translation of: Les livres secrets des gnostiques d'Egypte.

The problem of gnosticism: its earliest known elements -- Original texts and monuments -- The story of a discovery -- Thirteen codices of papyrus -- Forty-four secret (and hitherto unknown) books -- The Sethians according to their writings -- The survival of gnosticism: from Manichaeism to the Islamic sects -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The teaching of Simon Magus in the Chenoboskion manuscripts -- Appendix II: The Gospel according to Thomas.

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