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OverviewAttilio Mastrocinque examines the intriguing connection between magic and Gnosticism. Both Christian Gnostics and other heirs to Hellenistic Jewish Gnosis were committed to the study of astrology and what were known as magic arts and doctrines. Heretical Jews in Egypt envisaged the creator god as a snake producing the Nile flood and destroying the giants; in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC the Jews of the Leontopolite temple believed in the manifestation of God as a divine lion-headed man, a young god, a Son of God, whose name was Jaldabaoth. In the 2nd cent. CE the Christians condemned these two heretical figures and developed new forms of Gnosis, which were described and again condemned by orthodox Christian heresiologists. The orthodox Christian Church came to identify the religion of the Gnostics with magic, and even now our concept of magic is strongly influenced by ancient Christian ideology concerning Gnosis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Attilio MastrocinquePublisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Imprint: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Volume: 24 Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9783161485558ISBN 10: 3161485556 Pages: 244 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAttilio Mastrocinque, Born 1952; Professor of Roman History at the University of Verona. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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