num_pages: 251
description: Six lectures on the history of religions sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies delivered in 1957-58. They "attempt to explain Gnosticism as arising out of the debris of apocalyptic-eschatological hopes which resulted from the fall or falls of Jerusalem...Only after this disaster do we encounter Gnosticism in its various systematic forms." p. viii Includes both an index &amp; bibliography.
language: English
title: Gnosticism and Early Christianity
titlecomplete: Gnosticism and Early Christianity
genres: Religion
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Columbia University Press (NY/London)