Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity
Author: Charles W. Hedrick
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2005-10-17
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1597524026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK[This] book acquaints the beginner with the topic of gnosticism and early Christianity and presents to the specialist some of the new frontiers their colleagues are exploring. For the beginner there is a concise introduction to gnosticism. It covers the issues of origin, literature, leading ideas, and possible links with early Christianity. Each contributor has prepared a preface to his or her paper that points to its salient features and explains how the essay fits into the overall subject of the book. --from the Preface