TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pearson,Birger A.
TI  - Ancient Gnosticism: traditions and literature 
SN  - 9780800632588 (alk. paper)
AV  - BT 1390 .P37 2007
U1  - 299/.932 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Gnosticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and indexes; What 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
ER  -