Publication
Imprint: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c1990. Context: Originally published in French as Le Dieu Separe: Les Origines du Gnosticisme by Les Editions de Cerf, Paris, 1984. Responsibility: Simone Pétrement ; translated by Carol Harrison. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 542 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.
Call number
History / Petre
ISBN
9780060665012
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Examining the fascinating myths and ideas of Gnosticism and tracing the course of this esoteric stream of Christian history, eminent French scholar Simone Petrement argues that, rather than being a pre-Christian system of beliefs, Gnosticism emerged from within Christianity only to be later suppressed by the orthodox Church fathers as heresy. -- from inside jacket
Table of Contents: Introduction: The problem of gnosticism --
pt. 1. Christianity and gnosticism --
pt. 2. How gnosticism could have been formed.
FY1991 / FY2015 /
Table of Contents: Introduction: The problem of gnosticism --
pt. 1. Christianity and gnosticism --
pt. 2. How gnosticism could have been formed.
FY1991 / FY2015 /
Physical description
viii, 542 p.; 24 cm
Awards
Prix Montyon (1985)
Language
Original language
French
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