The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus: The Definitive Collection of Mystical Gospels and Secret Books about Jesus of Nazareth (Inbunden)
avMarvin Meyer
ISBN: 9780060762087 - UTGIVEN: 200502Draws on the author's research on the Nag Hammadi and other texts to present new translations of every Gnostic Gospel, preceding each text with explanatory introductions while offering perspectives on Jesus's role as a teacher of wisdom who regularly defied the conventions of His lifetime. 30,000 fi[...]
The Gnostic Discoveries: The Impact of the Nag Hammadi Library (Häftad)
avMarvin Meyer
ISBN: 9780060858322 - UTGIVEN: 200612The Meaning of the Nag Hammadi, now in paperback opens the with the thrilling adventure story of the discovery of the ancient Papyrii at Nag Hammadi. Muhammad Ali, the fellahin, discovered the sealed jar, he feared that it might contain a jinni, or spirit, but also had heard of hidden treasures in s[...]
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (Häftad)
avMarvin Meyer
ISBN: 9780061626005 - UTGIVEN: 200902This is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.[...]
The Gnostic Bible (Häftad)
avWillis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer
ISBN: 9781590306314 - UTGIVEN: 200906Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE--with earlier antecedents and later flourishings--whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian t[...]
Essential Gnostic Scriptures (Häftad)
avMarvin Meyer, Willis Barnstone
ISBN: 9781590309254 - UTGIVEN: 201112The people we've come to call gnostics were passionate advocates of the view that salvation comes through knowledge and personal experience, and their passion shines through in the remarkable body of writings they produced over a period of more than a millennium and a half. Willis Barnstone and Marv[...]
Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power (Övrig)
avMarvin W. Meyer, Richard Smith
ISBN: 9780691004587 - UTGIVEN: 1999-03-15This thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from 'headless po[...]
The Gospel of Judas (Inbunden)
avNational Geographic Society (U. S.), Rodolphe (EDT) Kasser, Marvin (EDT) Meyer
ISBN: 9781426200427 - UTGIVEN: 2006-04Argues that a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot exists and, in this radical interpretation of it, states that Jesus asked Judas to betray him, which presents Judas as not a betrayer, but the one apostle who truly understood Jesus.[...]
The Gospel of Judas (Häftad)
avMarvin W. Meyer
ISBN: 9781610973717 - UTGIVEN: 2011-11The Gospel of Judas: On a Night with Judas Iscariot presents a fresh translation of the Gospel of Judas, with introduction, commentary, and notes. Originally published with considerable international fanfare in 2006, the Gospel of Judas has prompted a vibrant discussion among scholars and other inte[...]
