The Gnostic Bible Edited by Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer

The Gnostic Bible Edited by Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer | Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom from the Ancient and Medieval Worlds - Pagan, jewish, Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar. 

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE — with earlier antecedents and later flourishings — whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and father, and that self-knowledge is the supreme path to the divine. Only in the past fifty years has it become clear how far the gnostic influence spread in ancient and medieval religions — and what a marvelous body of scriptures it produced.

The selections gathered here, in poetic, readable translation, represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar expressions of gnostic spirituality. Their regions of origin include Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, and France. This is the first time that such a rich and diverse collection of gnostic texts has been brought together in a single volume, in translations that allow the spirit of the original texts to shine. Included are introductions, notes, an extensive glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.

Details

• Hardcover with dust jacket
• Condition: Very good, spine slightly bleached, cloth with gold gilded letters, no notes/stamps. 
• ISBN: 9781570622427
• First Edition, First Print 2003  
• Publishing House: Shambhala