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Libra Esoterica

Attesa della fine

Also known as A History of Gnosticism

by Giovanni Filoramo & A. J. Alcock

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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Fragments of a lost faith between demons and gods - an age of revelation the gnostic imagination in the world of the pleroma the arrogance of the demiurge and the creation of the world And God Said, let us make mankind in our own image and likeness mysterium comiunctionis - the gnostic saviour waiting for the end Simon Magus and the origins of gnosticism visionaries, prophets and divine men - towards a history of gnosticism ascetics and libertines.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from libris, national-library-of-poland, openalex, and openlibrary matched “Gnosticism” and “gnostycyzm”. Retained metadata contains “Gnosticism” in the alternative title, “gnostic” in the description, “Gnosticism” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Gnosticism”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • “gnostycyzm”· via National Library of Poland
    • “Gnosticism”· via OpenAlex
    • “Gnosticism”· via Open Library
    • “Gnosticism”· in alternative title
    • “gnostic”· in description
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “demons” in the description.

    • “demons”· in description

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Editions

Open Library reports 4 editions; 3 cataloged here.

A history of Gnosticism

Libris bibliographic record

23 cm; Bibliogr. s. 246-258. - Indeks; XIX, [1], 268 s

1992BlackwellEnglish
  • 9780631187073
  • 0631187073
Catalog record

A History of Gnosticism

OpenAlex scholarly book record

1990-10-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglish—Unknown

A history of Gnosticism

Libris bibliographic record

1990BlackwellEnglish
  • 9780631157564
  • 0631157565
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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL2457612W
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