An examination of Gnostic religion in Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, using Greek, Latin and Coptic sources.[...]
Gnostic religion is the expression of a religious worldview which is dominated by the concept of Gnosis, an esoteric knowledge of God and the human being which grants salvation to those who possess it. Roelof van den Broek presents here a fresh approach to the gnostic current of Late Antiquity withi[...]