Alan Jacobs, Vrej Nersessian

Gebundenes Buch

The Gnostic Gospels

Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Beschreibung

Discovered in Nag Hamadi this selection of Gospels, including the Gospels of Mary Magdalene, Philip, Thomas and Judas were written in Early Coptic and were omitted from the Bible. Of the 54 texts discovered 14 have been included in this collection for their relevance today.

Autor

Alan Jacobs has made a lifelong study of mysticism and is a regularly published author and poet. He is the editor of Poetry for the Spirit and Tales from Rumi and the beautiful poetic translations of The Upanisads also in this series. The Reverend Doctor Vrej Nersessian is the curator of the Christian Middle East section at the British Library. He is a senior priest at the Armenian Apostolic Church, holds a doctorate in Theology from Kings College London and is a world authority on Christian Middle East as well as an author of a number of significant works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Watkins Media Limited
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 108mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781780289700
• ISBN-10: 1780289707
• Artikelnr.: 44735344