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Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity
The author places Gnosticism in its historical context and describes its manifold relationships to Judaism, early Christianity, and ancient Platonism, with special emphasis on the impact of Gnosticism on early Egyptian Christianity up to the seventh…
A Walk through the Cloisters
An illustrated tour of The Cloisters, presenting hidden treasures and details of the collection that might be missed by the casual visitor.
Death and the afterlife
An exploration of the rituals, beliefs, art, and mythology humans have used to understand death and the afterlife examines a wide range of practices and traditions--Mexico's Day of the Dead, Victorian funeral customs, the Tibetan Book of the Dead,…
Hermetica: the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a new English translation, with notes and introduction
"The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses, and the Hermetic philosophy was…
Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns: The Legacy of the Miʻraj in the Formation of Islam
This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).
