Gnostic Scriptures - Hardcover

Bentley Layton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0334020220 ISBN 13: 9780334020226

Publisher: SCM Press, 1987

Synopsis

Good, A very good, clean & sound copy.

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Review

"Bentley Layton's "The Gnostic Scriptures" is the one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism. No other translations are within light-years of Layton's in eloquence, pathos, and accuracy, while no other commentaries match his as an introduction to this perpetually relevant religious stance. Layton is particularly brilliant in his appreciation of Valentinus, the central Gnostic visionary, whose "Gospel of Truth" is marvelously served in this translation."
--Harold Bloom, author of "The Book of J" and "The Western Canon"

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ive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism.

Includeds maps and tables

Edition details

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0334020220
• ISBN 13: 9780334020226
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576