Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10504-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 70, 183 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series

This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in the West as well as in the East. It argues that these traditions eventually formed the basis of nascent Christian mysticism in Late Antiquity. These esoteric traditions do not reflect the influence of Greek Mystery religions, as has often been claimed, but rather seem to stem from the Jewish background of Christianity. They were adopted by various Gnostic teachings, a fact which helps explaining their eventual disappearance from Patristic literature. The ten chapters study each a different aspect of the problem, including the questions of Gnostic and Manichaean esotericism. This book will be of interest to all students of religious history in Late Antiquity.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Stroumsa, Guy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Über Autor(innen)

Guy G. Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1978), Harvard, is Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Another Seed: Studies in Gnostic Mythology (Brill, 1984) and of Savoir et salut: traditions juives et tentations dualistes dans le christianisme ancien (Paris, 1972).