Heralds of That Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions

(Part of the Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Series)

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This volume examines the transmission of biblical pseudepigraphic literature and motifs from their largely Jewish cultural contexts in Palestine to developing gnostic milieux of Syria and Mesopotamia, particularly that one lying behind the birth and growth of Manichaeism. It surveys biblical pseudepigraphic literary activity in the late antique Near East, devoting special attention to revelatory works attributed to the five biblical forefathers who...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:9004104593

ISBN13:9789004104594

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:Brill

Length:268 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 9.8"

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Architecture Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Heralds of That Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions

(Part of the Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Series)

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