Pre-Christian Gnosticism: A Survey of the Proposed Evidences

Edwin M. Yamauchi

Tyndale Press, 1973 - Religion - 208 pages

"An expansion of the Tyndale lecture for Biblical archaeology presented ... in July 1970." Bibliography: p. [187]-194. 106856.

Contents

• PREFACE: ix
• NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS ON THE BASIS: 29
• THE PATRISTIC EVIDENCE: 56
• THE HERMETIC EVIDENCE: 69
• THE SYRIAC EVIDENCE: 84
• THE COPTIC EVIDENCE ΙΟΙ: 101
• THE MANDAIC EVIDENCE: 117
• THE JEWISH EVIDENCE: 143
• ΙΟ THE PRECHRISTIAN REDEEMER MYTH: 163
• CRITICISMS OF METHODOLOGY: 170
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 187
• INDEX OF SUBJECTS: 195
• INDEX OF SCRIPTURES: 207

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pre-Christian Gnosticism: A Survey of the Proposed Evidences
• Author: Edwin M. Yamauchi
• Publisher: Tyndale Press, 1973
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 9, 2009
• ISBN: 0802834299, 9780802834294
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Gnosticism