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Article: Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature.(Book review)
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- June 1, 2008
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ANCIENT GNOSTICISM: TRADITIONS AND LITERATURE. By Birger A. Pearson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007. Pp. xv + 362. $17.50.
Every few years the popular media grab hold of one or other gnostic gospel as though scholars had suddenly discovered the authentic Christianity transmitted by Thomas, Mary Magdalene, or Judas Iscariot. In fact, scholars like Birger Pearson have been editing, translating, and commenting on gnostic texts for over a half-century. The last comprehensive account of the diverse sects and writings that fall under the heading, namely Kurt Rudolph's Gnosis: the Nature and History of Gnosticism, appeared in English in 1983. Therefore a volume by a scholar who has ...
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