Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty / edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied, and John D. Turner.

Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Thomassen, Einar, Bull, Christian H., Lied, Liv Ingeborg, Turner, John D. (John Douglas)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English French
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 76.
Subjects:	Nag Hammadi codices. Mystery. Secrecy > Religious aspects. Gnostic literature > History and criticism. Gnosticism. Manichaeism. Gnostic literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.