‎Gnosticism‎

‎Ruscigni Ito‎

‎Regola della guerra e apocalisse (Moreh e Rabbi)‎

‎Indice onomastico. Note da pag.232. Stato di conservazione perfetto‎

‎SAN CIPRIANO‎

‎OPERE A CURA DI GIOVANNI TOSO‎

‎OPERE A CURA DI GIOVANNI TOSO UTET 1980 SEGNI DEL TEMPO, LIEVI FIORITURE AI TAGLI, OTTIME CONDIZIONI‎

‎Schenke, Hans-Martin & Stephen Emmel & Karen L. King & Imke Schletterer & Hans-Gebhard Bethge‎

‎FOR THE CHILDREN, PERFECT INSTRUCTION Studies in Honor of Hans-Martin Schenke on the Occasion of the Berliner Arbeitskreis Fur Koptisch-Gnostische Schriften's ... Year‎

‎New Still in Plastic. ; Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies; 1.34 x 9.69 x 6.54 Inches; 450 pages; Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Schenke, internationally renowned New Testament scholar and pioneer researcher in Gnosticism as it became brilliantly illuminated by the publication of the Nag Hammadi Codices, organized a small group of students and colleagues in “East Berlin” in the early 1970s to investigate the difficult new primary sources from the “Coptic Gnostic Library” discovered in Upper Egypt in 1945. This group, the “Berliner Arbeitskreis für Koptisch-Gnostische Schriften, ” published its first results in 1972, and Prof. Schenke and the Arbeitskreis have been at the forefront of Nag Hammadi studies ever since. The present volume is a collection of twenty-seven studies by colleagues, students, and friends of Prof. Schenke in honor of his many contributions to the study of Gnosticism and related religious phenomena in Antiquity, Coptic language and literature, and the New Testament. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of Prof. Schenke’s own publications, whose breadth and insightfulness are appropriately mirrored in the variety of contributions to this rich volume.‎

‎SCHOLTEN Clemens‎

‎Martyrium und Sophiamythos im Gnostizismus nach den Texten von Nag Hammadi‎

‎316pp., in the series "Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum" Ergänzungsband 14 (1987), 28cm., publisher's hardcover binding in blue cloth, dustwrapper, small stamp on title page, text and interior are clean and bright, good condition, R107289‎

‎SCHOTTROFF Luise‎

‎Der glaubende und die feindliche Welt. Beobachtungen zum gnostischen Dualismus und seiner Bedeutung für Paulus und das Johannesevangelium‎

‎xii + 324pp., 24cm., hardcover (publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering), in the series "Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament" volume 37, some traces of use & few underlinings in pencil, else in good condition, R78529‎

‎SEGELBERG Eric (BERGMAN Jan e.a., eds.)‎

‎Gnostica - Mandaica - Liturgica opera eius ipsius selecta & collecta septuagenario Erico Segelberg oblata, curantibus Jan Bergman, Jan Hjärpe, Per Ström una cum Bibliographia Segelbergiana ab Oloph Bexell redacta‎

‎212pp., 24cm., in the series "Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Historia religionum" vol.11, softcover, good condition, [texts in English], [contains the following chapters: Gnostica pp.19-80, Mandaica pp.81-144, Liturgica pp.145-170, Bibliographia pp.171-212], X76045‎

‎Serge Hutin (1929-1997), auteur d'ouvrage sur l'ésotérisme, l'alchimie, le gnosticisme, la franc-maçonnerie.‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎Serge Hutin (1929-1997), auteur d'ouvrage sur l'ésotérisme, l'alchimie, le gnosticisme, la franc-maçonnerie. L.A.S., Londres, 5 janvier 1952, œp in-4. A un ami Charles. Il lui envoie un autographe de Massenet qu'il lui avait promis et un catalogue d'aquarelles pour son père. [319]‎

Bookseller reference : 009807

‎SIMON, M. - BENOIT, A.‎

‎Le judaïsme et le christianisme antique‎

‎1968 Editions Presses Universitaires de France (P.U.F.), Collection "Nouvelle Clio", Série "L'Histoire et ses problèmes", n° 10 - 1968 - Petit in-8, cartonné, couverture illustrée - 360 p.‎

‎Bon état - Menus frottements sur le cartonnage -‎

Bookseller reference : 114290

‎SUNDBERG Waldemar‎

‎Kushta. A monograph on a principal word in Mandaean texts. I: The descending knowledge‎

‎Lund, Gleerup 1953 144pp., 24cm., original first 1953-edition, softcover, small stamp at verso of title page, good condition, X75746‎

Bookseller reference : X75746

‎Susanna Towers‎

‎Constructions of Gender in Late Antique Manichaean Cosmological Narrative‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Paperback, 324 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Languages: English, Latin. ISBN 9782503586663.‎

‎Summary Manichaeism emerged from Sasanian Persia in the third century CE and flourished in Persia, the Roman Empire, Central Asia and beyond until succumbing to persecution from rival faiths in the eighth to ninth century. Its founder, Mani, claimed to be the final embodiment of a series of prophets sent over time to expound divine wisdom. This monograph explores the constructions of gender embedded in Mani's colourful dualist cosmological narrative, in which a series of gendered divinities are in conflict with the demonic beings of the Kingdom of Darkness. The Jewish and Gnostic roots of Mani's literary constructions of gender are examined in parallel with Sasanian societal expectations. Reconstructions of gender in subsequent Manichaean literature reflect the changing circumstances of the Manichaean community. As the first major study of gender in Manichaean literature, this monograph draws upon established approaches to the study of gender in late antique religious literature, to present a portrait of a historically maligned and persecuted religious community. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: This discusses the history of gender studies and its application to religious studies; a summary of previous literature relating to gender in Manichaeism; a brief life of Mani and its relation to his canon of texts. It outlines the contents of the following chapters. 2. The Manichaean Father: exploration and identification of gendered attributes associated with masculinity with reference to Connell's model of hegemonic masculinity. The Manichaean Father is considered as embodiment of desirable masculine traits and the appropriate exercise of masculine rulership and authority. 3. The Chief Archon: This chapter examines the construction of gender implicit in the characterization of the chief archon. Mani's writings characterize the chief archon in polar opposition to the Manichaean Father as exemplum of masculine rulership which embodies lust for power and territory. Mani characterizes the chief archon as a dangerous outsider who seeks to invade. This is expressed through the trope of the cannibal. The chief archon's acts of cannibalism mark him as alien, uncivilized and savage. Manichaean texts written after Mani's death reflect the persecution of the Manichaean community. The characterization of the chief archon develops to reveal a tyrannous ruler who incites fear and terror in his own subjects. 4. The First Man: This chapter considers the apparent paradox of the two competing constructions of masculinity evident in the characterization of the Manichaean First Man, who plays a central role in Manichaean cosmological drama. His characterization as both valiant warrior and suffering victim in defeat is explored in the context of the changing circumstances of the Manichaean community facing persecution. Parallel models of endurance as a worthy expression of masculinity in Jewish, Judaeo-Christian and early Christian literature are discussed. 5. The Mother of Life: This chapter explores the gendered characterization of the Manichaean Mother of Life in Manichaean literature. As mother of the First Man, the Mother of Life embodies positive motherhood, demonstrating nurturing characteristics. Her role in the mythological drama is considered as an expression of the Jewish/Judaeo-Christian literary Wisdom figure (Sophia, Hokmah). The Mother of Life shares and extends imagery attached to Hokmah to encompass wisdom as a weapon. The Mother of Life is also characterized as a model of feminine imprecation to masculine authority through the valorization of her prayer to the Manichaean Father on behalf of the beleaguered First Man. This is discussed in relation to the veneration of Hannah's prayer (1 Sam.) in rabbinic literature. 6. The Manichaean Demoness Az and the yetzer hara: This chapter explores parallels between the feminine-gendered demon Az and the evolving Jewish concept of the "evil inclination" (the yetzer hara) as expressions of the human propensity to sin. As mother of Adam and Eve and mother of the demons, the maternal style of the demoness Az polarizes the motherhood of the Mother of Life. 7. The Maiden of Light: This chapter explores the characterization of the Maiden of Light and her epithets of purity and wisdom in the context of the seductive display of her image to the archons in Manichaean mythology. This act is considered in the context of the model used by feminist biblical scholars of the male as owner of the gaze and the female as object of male gaze. The chapter argues that the characterization of the Maiden of Light should be considered in relation to the biblical characterizations of Susanna, Judith and Esther. These reveal the female as both victim and manipulator of male gaze. These texts reveal that the seeking of male gaze is extolled in cases of communal threat when authorized by masculine authority. It is argued that the seductive display of the Maiden of Light allows doubt concerning the exploitation of females within the Mnichaean community. 8. Conclusions: The conclusion draws together the research findings of the previous chapters. Polarized positions within and across constructions of gender are considered.‎

Bookseller reference : 65896

‎Tabano E. (cur.)‎

‎La tradizione della luce. Un documento di gnosi vivente‎

‎brossura Introduzione di Ezio Albrile.‎

‎TILL Walter (& SCHMIDT Carl, hrsg.)‎

‎Koptisch-Gnostische Schriften, Erster Band: Die Pistis Sophia, die beiden Bücher des Jeu, unbekanntes altgnostisches Werk‎

‎xxxvi + 424pp., re-edition of the 3rd edition, 26cm., original softcover, good condition, C102685‎

‎Tomasso Nicola‎

‎«Iniquitas Lutheri» ovvero Le radici gnostiche del protestantesimo‎

‎br. Chi fu Martin Lutero? Da dove deriva la sua ribellione? Fu davvero un assertore della "povertà evangelica"? Sono tutti interrogativi che a cinquecento anni dall'affissione delle "Tesi" di Wittenberg riemergono con prepotenza nel dibattito storico e teologico mondiale, nella convinzione che, almeno nell'orbe cattolico, tale dibattito si sia eccessivamente appiattito su un'idea romantica e irreale di Lutero e del protestantesimo. Ed è proprio da questa convinzione che è sorta la necessità di riscoprire il vero volto del monaco tedesco e della sua opera, proponendo al pubblico una lettura che al tempo stesso sia fedele alle fonti e illumini il lettore sul legame profondo e inscindibile tra l'eresia gnostica e quella protestante: un filo rosso che soggiace in tutto l'imperio anticattolico, da Simon Mago alla moderna massoneria, passando per quei movimenti che, in nome di un presunto rigore morale, hanno cercato di distruggere l'autorità della Santa Sede, al fine di imporre la propria dottrina come verità assoluta. Per l'appunto, nuove versioni di gnosi.‎

‎TORHOUDT Albert‎

‎Een onbekend gnostisch systeem in Plutarchus' De Iside et Osiride‎

‎xiii + 126pp., 24cm., orig. omslag, in de reeks "Studia Hellenistica" volume 1, onopengesneden, mooie staat, C92236‎

‎Vallee Gerard‎

‎A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics: Irenaeus Hippolytus and Epiphanius (Studies in Christianity and Judaism 1.)‎

‎WILFRID LAURIER UNIV PR 1981 126 pages 1x23x15cm. 1981. Broché. 126 pages.‎

‎bon état de conservation intérieur propre bords un peu frottés intérieur propre‎

Bookseller reference : 100127167

‎VAN WERSCH S.‎

‎De gnostisch-occulte vloedgolf - van Simon de Tovenaar tot New Age. Een kritische beoordeling‎

‎Kampen, Kok 1990 246pp., aantekeningen in de tekst en marge, gebroch., verder in goede staat, R53364‎

Bookseller reference : R53364

‎VAN WERSCH S.‎

‎De gnostisch-occulte vloedgolf - van Simon de Tovenaar tot New Age. Een kritische beoordeling‎

‎246pp., gebroch., mooie staat, R53363‎

‎Various authors‎

‎The New Testament and gnosis: Essays in honour of Robert McL. Wilson‎

‎xii + 258pp. + portrait, 23cm., hardcover, 3 stamps (of which a small one at lower edges), else VG, R70125‎

‎WALDMANN Helmut‎

‎Heilsgeschichtlich verfasste Theologie und Männerbünde. Die Grundlagen des gnostischen Weltbildes‎

‎Tübingen, Tübinger Gesellschaft 1994 xxix + 183pp., 24cm., softcover, dustwrapper, Very good condition, in the series "Tübinger Gesellschaft. Wissenschaftliche Reihe" Band 4, X77483‎

Bookseller reference : X77483

‎Wansink, P. L.‎

‎IRENAEUS EN HET OUDE TESTAMENT Gnostische En Heilshistorische Exegese in De Tweede Eeuw‎

‎Scholar's name to ffep. Spine and part of wraps slightly discolored. Light shelfwear. ; 269 pages‎

‎WEBER Dieter‎

‎Iranian manichaean Turfan texts in publications since 1934. Photo edition‎

‎59pp. + 188 plates, 33cm., in the series "Corpus inscriptionum iranicarum. Supplementary series" vol.4, hardback (cloth), very good condition, ISBN 0 7286 0315 2, X76036‎

‎WILSON R. McL.‎

‎Studies in the gospel of Thomas‎

‎vii + 160pp., 1st edition, 23cm., editor's hardcover, dustwrapper, good condition, R78442‎