Title: Nicola Denzey Lewis, Introduction to “Gnosticism.” Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York 2013, xxiv + 305 pp. ISBN 9780199755318. £27.50; US$39.95.
Abstract: Nicola Denzey Lewis (NDL) states that her new textbook is “designed to be a guide to the perplexed, written to help unlock the Nag Hammadi writings” (p. xiii). There are numerous praiseworthy features in the book that contribute to that goal and that also set it apart from earlier introductions to ‘gnosticism.’ Although NDL exposes students to modern discussions of and debates about ‘gnosticism,’ her book is not really organized in terms of the category as such but rather in terms of varied content and genres among Nag Hammadi (NH) tractates.Chapter one contains an introduction to the discovery of the
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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