Gnostic Problem Study Relations Hellenistic by Robert Mclachlan Wilson (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. xi, 1-274p. Bibliography and Index. Green cloth with gilt letters on the spine. No noticeable wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, gilt bright (!), three tiny check marks in the margin of one page, previous owner's rubber stamp on front free endpaper, else fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket spine sunned, else very good to near fine. Robert McLachlan Wilson, FBA (1916 - 2010), commonly known as Robin Wilson and published as R. McL. Wilson, was a Scottish biblical scholar, translator and Church of Scotland minister. An expert on Gnosticism, he was the Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of St Andrews from 1978 to 1983. "This book is concerned with the character of Diaspora Judaism and its relation to its environment, and with the influence exerted by each upon the other. This book includes some discussion of the Qumran documents and a preliminary survey of two Coptic Gnostic texts, e.g., the Gospel of Truth." [from the dust jacket].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 274pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge lightly spotted. A virtually fine copy in slightly rubbed and edge worn non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some tanning to the spine panel.