num_pages: 700
description: Brings before the public certain documents of great importance for the understanding of the growth and development of the Christian religion. A special emphasis is placed on the Gnostics. Contents: Conquests of Alexander; Alexandrian divinities; Origin of Gnosticism; Pre-Christian Gnostics#58; the Orphici; Pre-Christian Gnostics#58; the Essenes; Pre Christian Gnostics#58; Simon Magus.
language: English
title: Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity from 330 BC to 330 AD
publisher: Kessinger Publishing