Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity - Paperback
Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity - Paperback
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by Charles W. Hedrick (Editor), Robert Jr. Hodgson (Editor)
[This] book acquaints the beginner with the topic of gnosticism and early Christianity and presents to the specialist some of the new frontiers their colleagues are exploring. For the beginner there is a concise introduction to gnosticism. It covers the issues of origin, literature, leading ideas, and possible links with early Christianity. Each contributor has prepared a preface to his or her paper that points to its salient features and explains how the essay fits into the overall subject of the book. --from the Preface
Author Biography
Charles W. Hedrick is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Missouri State University. Among his many publications are The Apocalypse of Adam, Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics, and When History and Faith Collide: Studying Jesus. He is the co-editor of Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel; Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity; and Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative.
Robert Hodgson Jr. is Dean of the American Bible Society Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship.Care
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