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The mytho-empiricism of Gnosticism :

Shoham, S. Giora, 1929-

The mytho-empiricism of Gnosticism : triumph of the vanquished / S. Giora Shoham. - Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2003. - xiv, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-314) and index.

The ontological split -- Jews and Greeks--a fateful couple -- Christian and Jewish gnosis -- Syncretism and gnosis -- The tresses of the mind -- Sin -- The pardes : forbidden orchard -- Unio mystica : clandestine complementarities -- The Avatar : incarnation of synchronic transcendence in time.

1902210255 (alk. paper) 1902210263 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Gnosticism--History.
Religion and culture--History.--Europe

BT1390 / .S53 2003

299/.932

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