The Gnostic Bible (Book and Audio-CD set) NIEUW

The Gnostic Bible (NIEUW IN FOLIE) Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium C.E. whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and mystical experience. Sample the gnostics in their own words with this unique book-and-audio set. The book, “The Gnostics and Their Scriptures,” provides a brief yet thorough introduction to gnostic philosophy, while the audio program allows you to encounter the gnostic scriptures as the living oral tradition they were intended to be. The selections are taken from among the most important – and most poetically beautiful – of all gnostic texts, including the Gospels of Thomas, Judas, and Mary Magdalene.

Includes 3 CDs

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. Also included are introductions, notes, an extensive glossary, and a wealth of suggestions for further reading.