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9004248528
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9004256296
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9789004248526
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9789004256293
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Practicing Gnosis :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
ritual, magic, theurgy, and liturgy in Nag Hammadi, Manichaean and other ancient literature : essays in honor of Birger A. Pearson /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by April D. DeConick, Gregory Shaw, John D. Turner.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 571 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies,
Volume Designation
85
ISSN of Series
0929-2470 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Ritual, magic, liturgy, and theurgy were central features of Gnosticism, and yet Gnostic practices remain understudied. This anthology is meant to fill in this gap and address more fully what the ancient Gnostics were doing. While previously we have studied the Gnostics as intellectuals in pursuit of metaphysical knowledge, the essays in this book attempt to understand the Gnostics as ecstatics striving after religious experience, as prophets seeking revelation, as mystics questing after the ultimate God, as healers attempting to care for the sick and diseased. These essays demonstrate that the Gnostics were not necessarily trendy intellectuals seeking epistomological certainities. They were after religious experiences that relied on practices. The book is organized comparatively in a history-of-religions approach with sections devoted to Initiatory, Recurrent, Therapeutic, Ecstatic, and Philosophic Practices. This book celebrates the brilliant career of Birger A. Pearson.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
International Standard Book Number
9789004248526 (online)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gnosticism-- History.
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PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
De Conick, April D.
Pearson, Birger A., (Birger Albert),1934-
Shaw, Gregory,1951-
Turner, John Douglas
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20131213112217.0
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