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Ebook About A collection of Gnostic texts spanning centuries, geographical locations, and cultural traditions—“a wonderful achievement” (Elaine Pagels, author of The Gnostic Gospels) Gnosticism 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 thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and father, and that self-knowledge is the supreme path to the divine. Only in the past fifty years has it become clear how far the gnostic influence spread in ancient and medieval religions—and what a marvelous body of scriptures it produced.The selections gathered here in poetic, readable translation represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar expressions of gnostic spirituality. Their regions of origin include Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, and France. Also included are introductions, notes, an extensive glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.Book The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Review :
398 The Gnostic BibleThis is a collection of gnostic texts from various sources. My personal favorites were the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of John which were the first two chapters of the book, and the Islaamic texts at the back of the book. The first two chapters are actual gospels, the middle third of the book is mostly Sethian literature with variations of the story of creation (Genesis). I had no idea there were so many variations of the creation myth. The last third is mostly esoteric texts from all over the place and then some Islaamic writings from the Qu'ran.I do like how meticulous the authors were about citations. Everything is explained and cited extremely well.The Gospel of Thomas in chapter one has always been my favorite gospel. Some of it is told in parables, but it's easy to read and digest.The Gospel of John in chapter two has a lot of different names for people in the Bible (and other apocrypha) that we know by other names. I found that interesting. For example, Moshe is Moses, Yohanan is the John the Baptist, Yehuda of Kerioth is Judas Iscariot. There is also a section of the Gospel of John that quite clearly puts the blame for Jesus crucifixion on the Jews while letting Pilatus (Pilate) off as a nice guy.The middle third of the book, the Sethian literature, was pretty boring. It's followed by a short section of Valentinian literature, also boring. The Gospel of Philip was almost anti-Christian while the Exegesis of the Soul was extremely sexist.The last third of the book contains several Islaamic texts taken from the Qu'ran. I've never read the Qu'ran so I found this enlightening. There are the Islaamic names for the characters we know, the many names of the devil who has changed his name throughout antiquity (from Azazi'il, Harith, Ahriman, Suwa, Nimrod, Pharaoh Ramses, and Abu Jahl to Satan). There are the seven ranks of spiritual beings and the triple witness (faith in God, listening to his prophets, and fellowship with brothers and sisters who keep the faith).The book ends with a few Cathar texts. This section is deeply disturbing and I can see why the Pope declared a crusade against the Cathars in 1209. They apparently believed the bible was the work of the devil and that Christ came to expose the church as the devil's house.With few exceptions the texts in this book don't exist elsewhere in a form that's readable, so this book is certainly a must read for anyone interested in all of the biblical literature out there. But as a collection of religious material I found it extremely eclectic. The Sethian, Valentinian, and Cathar texts could have and probably should have been put in a different book. They don't fit well with the remaining material.The book is huge and the middle third of the pages fall out of the book easily because it's simply too large. Read Online The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Download The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition PDF The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Mobi Free Reading The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Download Free Pdf The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition PDF Online The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Mobi Online The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Reading Online The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Read Online Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Download Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer PDF Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Mobi Free Reading Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Download Free Pdf Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer PDF Online Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Mobi Online Willis Barnstone,Marvin Meyer Reading Online Willis Barnstone,Marvin MeyerRead Online The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury By Bill Watterson
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