01340cam a2200253 a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000310009002000280012103500230014903500200017204000560019205000230024808200170027110000480028824500740033626000470041030000410045750400660049850505060056465000160107014670737AUA.120160623160349.0061214s2007    mnuab    b    001 0 eng    a  2006101605  a9780800632588 (alk. paper)  a0800632583 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm77520547  a(OCoLC)77520547  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdBTCTAdC#PdYDXCPdABFdOCLCAdDLC00aBT 1390b.P37 200700a299/.9322221 aPearson, Birger A.q(Birger Albert),d1934-10aAncient Gnosticism :btraditions and literature /cBirger A. Pearson.  aMinneapolis, MN :bFortress Press,cc2007.  axiii, 362 p. :bill., maps ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and indexes.0 aWhat is Gnosticism? -- Heresiological reports on early Gnostic teachers and systems -- Sethian or Classic Gnosticism -- Gnostic biblical interpretation: the Gnostic Genesis -- Basilides and Basilidian Gnosis -- Valentinus and Valentinian Gnosis -- Three-principle systems -- Coptic Gnostic writings of uncertain affiliation -- Thomas Christianity -- Hermes Trismegistus and Hermetic Gnosis -- Mani and Manichaeism -- The Mandaeans: a surviving relic of ancient Gnosis -- The persistence of Gnosticism. 0aGnosticism.