Andrew Welburn

The Beginnings of Christianity

Essene Mystery, Gnostic Revelation and the Christian Vision

Buch

Early Christianity had a powerful esoteric current. This is reflected in the New Testament writings of Mark, Paul, and, above all, John. Gnostic Christians tried to preserve this tradition, using the archaic mysteries as a way to knowing (gnosis) of higher cosmic truths. But the Gnostic sects were finally suppressed by an orthodoxy that, Andrew Welburn concludes, had lost sight of the dynamic of the self. The full scope of the traditions on which the Gnostics drew is clearer following the modern archaeological finds at Qumran and Nag Hammadi. As a result of these discoveries, the boundaries have started to fade between the ancient pagan myste… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-86315-448-5
EAN: 9780863154485
Produktnummer: 9273450
Verlag: Floris Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 360 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D3.3 cm 670 g
Auflage: 2 Revised edition
Gewicht: 670
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Andrew Welburn taught at the University of London, has been a Fellow of the Warburg Institute and taught at New College, Oxford, until 2005. He is author of Gnosis: The Mysteries and Christianity, and Rudolf Steiner: Philosopher of Freedom.