About this title: Gnosticism, steeped as it is in individualism, introspection, and personal revelation, is especially appealing to personal seekers who have turned away from formal religion. The publication of several best-selling Gnosticism-related studies and the roaring success of THE DA VINCI CODE have dusted up great public interest in the Gnostic texts in a public that is increasingly turned off by orthodoxy, dogma, and big religion. Poet and literature professor Willis Barnstone and Gnostic scholar Marvin Meyer present an exhaustive compendium of primary-source Gnostic texts, artfully translated by ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala, Boston
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781590306420ISBN:1590306422
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 9781590306420. As new; still sealed in original shrinkwrap. Includes 3 cds.; Book and Audio-CD Set; 0.8 x 7.6 x 5.3 Inches; 224 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781570622427ISBN:1570622426
Description: Very Good. Slight jacket wear with minor scuffing to edges. Minor marking on first page. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala, Boston
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781570622427ISBN:1570622426
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Rubbed at spine head, else a fine, clean, crisp and unmarked copy. 860 pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. Dust jacket in new mylar cover. Sections include Early Wisdom Gospels, Sethian Literature, Valentinian Literature, Thomas and Other Syrian Literature, Hermetic Literature, Mandaean Literature, Manichaean Literature, Islamic Mystical Literature, Cathar Literature. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala 2003
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781570622427ISBN:1570622426
Description: ISBN 1570622426. Hardback. Book Club Edition. Very Good condition book, with slight rubs to cover corners, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. read more
Binding: Mixed media product
Publisher: SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS INC Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781590306420ISBN:1590306422
Description: BRAND NEW MIXED MEDIA PRODUCT. 224 pages. The gnostics were religious thinkers who believed that salvation was found through mystical knowledge and personal religious experience. their scriptures are texts of remarkable beauty. this set includes an audio programme that helps listeners experience that beauty by listening to the texts in poetic readings. (Mixed media product) read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala, Boston
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781570622427ISBN:1570622426
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket: Spine slant. Light wear. Some crimping to edges of jacket. Heavy book, may require extra postage for international or expedited delivery. read more
Edition: PAP/COM
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781590306420ISBN:1590306422
Description: New. Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium C.E. whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and mystical experience. Sample the gnostics in their own words with this unique book-and-audio set. The book, The Gnosti... read more
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