Forbidden faith
Subtitle: the Gnostic legacy from the gospels to the Da Vinci Code
By: Richard Smoley
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Gnosticism -- History
Description: "Why should Gnosticism exercise such a peculiar and lasting fascination? Throughout most of Christian history, Gnosticism was the 'forbidden faith, ' and such condemnation by the official Church might actually have served to endow the movement with glamour. But that explanation only goes so far"--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index