The Gnostics 

• 1987 
• Churton, Tobias 
• Diversen 
• Weidenfeld & Nicolson 

1297815

Boeken

The Gnostics

1987

Literatuur, Religie (Godsdienst), Secundaire literatuur

Eerste druk

179

 x  cm

0-297-79106-0

Published to accompany the Channel 4 tv series of the same name; a study of the Gnostic tradition, beginning with the discovery of a series of ancient manuscripts in the sands of Upper Egypt in 1945, representing a string of secret teachings emanating from 2nd century Alexandria, passing through Medieval France as dangerous heresy, through the Renaissance as a promise of scientific enlightenment, thence underground until the present day; characters include Valentinus, de Castres, Pico, Bruno, Blake and Mary Shelley. Incudes 16 pages of illustrations.