TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roukema,Riemer
TI  - Gnosis and faith in early Christianity: an introduction to gnosticism 
SN  - 9781563382994
AV  - BT1390 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
PB  - Trinity Press International
KW  - Gnosticism
N1  - 1 (pages 171.-177) and indexes; part 1. A first orientation --; Introduction --; Irenaeus on the origin of the heresies --; A sermon from the Nag Hammadi books --; Refinements of the gnostic myth --; part 2. Backgrounds to gnosticism --; The origin and purpose of life --; The Jewish religion --; Plato, Philo, and Platonic philosophy --; The mystery religions and early Christianity --; part 3. A closer look at gnosticism --; A form of Hellenized Christianity --; Some gnostic and related teachers --; Some gnostic and related texts --; part 4. Christian faith and gnosis --; The gnosis of some church fathers --; Gnosis assessed; 2
ER  -