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The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: an Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion with an English translation and critical evaluation of the Gospel according to Thomas
This firsthand account of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices includes the first complete publication of the documents.
Survival of the Pagan Gods: the Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art
Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics
The point of view put forth in the following pages differs greatly from the common perspective according to which the treatises 30 to 33 constitute a single work, a Großschrift , and this single work, Plotinus’ essential response to the Gnostics. Our…
Witchcraft in the Middle Ages
All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent…
