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Volume V

GNOSTICISM

Title: The mytho-empiricism of Gnosticism : triumph of the vanquished /
Author(s): Shoham, S. Giora, 1929-
Publication: Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press,
Projected Date: 0303
Year: 2003
Language: English
Contents: The ontological split -- Jews and Greeks--a fateful couple -- Christian and Jewish gnosis -- Syncretism and gnosis -- The tresses of the mind -- Sin -- The pardes : forbidden orchard -- Unio mystica : clandestine complementarities -- The Avatar : incarnation of synchronic transcendence in time.
Standard No: ISBN: 1902210255 (alk. paper); 1902210263 (pbk. : alk. paper); LCCN: 2002-14708
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Gnosticism -- History.
Religion and culture -- Europe -- History.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index.
Class Descriptors: LC: BT1390; Dewey: 299/.932
Responsibility: S. Giora Shoham.
Document Type: Book

Title: Coptic Gnostic chrestomathy : a selection of Coptic texts with grammatical analysis and glossary /
Author(s): Layton, Bentley.
Publication: Dudley, Mass. : Peeters,
Projected Date: 0303
Year: 2003
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 9042912545; LCCN: 2002-38110
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Coptic language -- Grammar.
Gnosticism.
Class Descriptors: LC: PJ2033; Dewey: 493/.25
Responsibility: [compiled by] Bentley Layton.
Document Type: Book

Title: The Mandaeans : the last gnostics /
Author(s): Lupieri, Edmondo.
Publication: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans,
Year: 2002
Description: xix, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Series: Italian texts and studies on religion and society;
Contents: Preface to the Italian Edition -- Preface to the American Editio -- Prologue -- Part I History: 1. The Mandaeans -- Life, Customs, and Religious Rituals -- The Ideas -- Gnosticism -- Mandaeanism -- The Literature -- Instruments -- List of the Principal Published Mandaean Texts, Together with Information on Some Unpublished Ones -- Bibliographical Suggestions -- 2. The Mandaeans and the West: A History of Interaction -- Initial Contact -- The Rediscovery -- The Mission -- The Failure -- The Erudite and Travelers -- Professors and Diplomats -- The "Mandaean Question" -- 3. Legends and History -- Between Egypt and India -- Jerusalem, John the Baptist, and the Others -- Genealogies of Scribes -- Part II The Texts (An Anthology) 1. Abstracts of Theology -- 2. The First Man -- 3. From the Creation to the Flood -- 4. The Religions of Others -- 5. The Jews, Jerusalem, and Miriai -- 6. John, a True Mandaean -- 7. Jesus, the "False Messiah" -- 8. The "Son of the Arab Butcher" -- Glossary -- Index.
Standard No: ISBN: 080283924X (pbk. : alk. paper); LCCN: 2001-51056
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Mandaeans.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-60) and index.
Class Descriptors: LC: BT1405; Dewey: 299/.932
Other Titles: Mandei. English
Responsibility: Edmondo Lupieri ; translated by Charles Hindley.
Document Type: Book

Title: The gospel of Mary Magdalene /
Author(s): Leloup, Jean-Yves. ; Rowe, Joseph,; 1942-
Publication: Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Year: 2002
Description: xxii, 178 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Contents: The gospel of Mary Magdalene -- Text with commentary.
Standard No: ISBN: 0892819111 (pbk.); LCCN: 2001-6735
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Gnosticism. Title Subject: Gospel of Mary -- Commentaries.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178)
Class Descriptors: LC: BT1392.G65; Dewey: 229/.8
Other Titles: Gospel of Mary. English & Coptic.
Responsibility: translation from the Coptic and commentary by Jean-Yves Leloup ; English translation and notes by Joseph Rowe ; [foreword by Jacob Needleman].
Document Type: Book

Title: The modern revival of gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus /
Author(s): Grimstad, Kirsten J.
Publication: Rochester, NY : Camden House,
Year: 2002
Description: xi, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Variation: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Standard No: ISBN: 1571131930 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2001-37457
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Gnosticism in literature.
Named Person: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Doktor Faustus.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-269) and index.
Class Descriptors: LC: PT2625.A44; Dewey: 833/.912
Responsibility: Kirsten J. Grimstad.
Document Type: Book

Title: Heracleon Philologus : Gnostische Johannesexegese im zweiten Jahrhundert /
Author(s): Wucherpfennig, Ansgar.
Publication: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,
Year: 2002
Description: xiv, 476 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: German
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ;; 142.;
Standard No: ISBN: 3161476581; National Library of Canada: 963287915
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Gnosticism. Valentinians.
Named Person: Heracleon, the Gnostic.
Title Subject: Bible. N.T. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-440) and indexes.
Class Descriptors: LC: BS2615.52
Responsibility: Ansgar Wucherpfennig.
Vendor Info: Otto Harrassowitz (HARR) 99.00 DEM
Document Type: Book

Title: Two powers in heaven : early rabbinic reports about Christianity and Gnosticism /
Author(s): Segal, Alan F., 1945-
Publication: Boston, MA : Brill Academic Publishers,
Year: 2002, 1977
Description: xxiv, 313 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 039104172X; LCCN: 2002-18341
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Heresies, Jewish. Dualism (Religion) in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Gnosticism.
Note(s): Originally published: Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1977, in series: Studies in Judaism in late antiquity./ Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-288) and indexes.
Class Descriptors: LC: BM646; Dewey: 296.3/5
Responsibility: by Alan F. Segal.
Vendor Info: Otto Harrassowitz (HARR) 44.00 DEM
Document Type: Book

Title: The Nag Hammadi texts in the history of religions /
Author(s): Giversen, Søren. ; Petersen, Tage. ; Sørensen, Jørgen Podemann.
Publication: Copenhagen : Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab,
Year: 2002
Description: 228 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language: English
Series: Historisk-filosofiske skrifter ;; 26;
Standard No: ISBN: 8778762839
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Gnosticism. Title Subject: Nag Hammadi codices.
Note(s): Proceedings of the International Conference at the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters in Copenhagen, September 19-24, 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Nag Hammadi discovery./ Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Responsibility: edited by Søren Giversen Tage Petersen and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen.
Vendor Info: Otto Harrassowitz (HARR) 39.50 DEM
Document Type: Book

Title: The Poimandres group in Corpus Hermeticum : myth, mysticism, and gnosis in Late Antiquity /
Author(s): Peste, Jonathan.
Year: 2002
Description: 234 p.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 9188348261
SUBJECT(S) Identifier: Poimandres.; Corpus Hermeticum.; Hermetism.; Gnosticism.; Nag Hammadi.; Zosimos of Panopolis.; Egypt.; Late Antiquity.; Hellenism.; Hellenistic religions.; Greco-Roman religions.; Syncretism.; Mysticism.; esoteric traditions.; alchemy.; Rebirth.; Primal man.; heavenly ascent.; Goddess.; Sophia.; Demiurge.
Note(s): Dissertation: Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2002.
Responsibility: Jonathan Peste.
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation (deg); Manuscript text (mtx)
Document Type: Book

Title: The Hymn of the pearl : the Syriac and Greek texts : with introduction, translations, and notes /
Author(s): Ferreira, Johan.
Publication: Sydney [Australia] : St. Pauls,
Year: 2002
Description: 131 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Series: Early Christian studies ;; 3;
Standard No: ISBN: 0957748337
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Gnosticism. Title Subject: Hymn of the soul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-125) and index.
Class Descriptors: LC: BS2880.T4 Other Titles: Hymn of the soul. English & Syriac.; Hymn of the soul.; English & Greek.
Responsibility: Johan Ferreira.
Document Type: Book

Title: Sethian gnosticism and the platonic tradition /
Author(s): Turner, John D.
Publication: Louvain : Peeters; Paris : Peeters; Sainte-Foy : Presses de l'université Laval,
Year: 2002
Description: xix, 842 p.
Language: English
Series: Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi .; Section études ;; 6;
Standard No: ISBN: 9042910887; 2877236102; 2763778348
SUBJECT(S) Identifier: Coptic treatise; Gnosticism; Platonic tradition
Class Descriptors: Dewey: 100
Responsibility: John D. Turner.
Vendor Info: Jean Touzot Libraire Editeur (TOUZ) 85 EURO
Document Type: Book

Religious diversity in the Graeco-Roman world :
a survey of recent scholarship /

Dan Cohn-Sherbok; John M Court

2001
English  Book/Text 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ISBN: 1841272167
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: Religious diversity in the Graeco-Roman world :
a survey of recent scholarship / Author(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. ; Court, John M.  Publication: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, Year: 2001 Description: 237 p. ; p., 24 cm. Language: English Series: The biblical seminar ;; 79; TOC: Introduction / John M. Court -- Palestinian Judaism in the first century / Philip F. Esler -- Diaspora Judaism / John M.G. Barclay -- The Essenes / Charlotte Hempel -- An analysis of recent 'Historical Jesus' studies / Donald A. Hagner -- Diversity in Paul / James D.G. Dunn -- The early church / Thomas O'Loughlin -- Greek religion in the Roman empire : diversities, convergences, uncertainties / Graham Anderson -- Gnosticism / Robert McL. Wilson -- Mithraism among the mysteries / John M. Court. Standard No: ISBN: 1841272167 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism. 
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. 
Christianity and other religions -- Greek. 
Christianity and other religions -- Roman. 
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. 
Mithraism. 
Essenes.  Geographic: Greece -- Religion. 
Rome -- Religion.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references. Class Descrpt: LC: BL96; Dewey: 200.9015 Responsibility: edited by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and John M. Court. Document Type: Book Entry: 20011030 Update: 20011030 Accession No: OCLC: 48237867

"No longer Jews" :
gnostic origins and the Jewish revolt under Trajan, 115-17 C.E. /

Carl B Smith, II.

2001
English  Book/Text ix, 396 leaves ; 29 cm.
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gnostic origins and the Jewish revolt under Trajan, 115-17 C.E. / Author(s): Smith, Carl B., II.  Year: 2001 Description: ix, 396 leaves ; p., 29 cm. Language: English SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism -- Origin. 
Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.  Note(s): Typescript (photocopy)/ Includes bibliographical references (leaves 359-396)/ Dissertation: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, Dept. of History, 2001. Responsibility: by Carl B. Smith, II. Document Type: Book Entry: 20011016 Update: 20011016 Accession No: OCLC: 48158403

Sethian gnosticism and the platonic tradition /

John D Turner

2001
English  Book/Text
Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Presses de l'Université Laval, ISBN: 2763778348
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: Sethian gnosticism and the platonic tradition / Author(s): Turner, John D., 1938-  Publication: Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Presses de l'Université Laval, Projected Date: 0110 Year: 2001 Language: English Series: Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi.; Section Études ;; 6; Standard No: ISBN: 2763778348; National Library of Canada: 20019415044 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism. 
Neoplatonism. 
Metaphysics.  Named Person: Plato -- Contributions in metaphysics. 
Plato -- Religion.  Title Subject: Nag Hammadi codices.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and indexes./ Co-published by: Éditions Peeters. Class Descrpt: Dewey: 273/.1; NLC: BT1391 Responsibility: par John D. Turner. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010920 Update: 20011006 Accession No: OCLC: 48076736

The modern revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus /

Kirsten J Grimstad

2001
English  Book/Text 238 p. ; 23 cm.
Columbia, S.C. : Woodbridge : Camden House ; Boydell & Brewer, ISBN: 1571131930
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: The modern revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus / Author(s): Grimstad, Kirsten J.  Publication: Columbia, S.C. : Camden House ; Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Year: 2001 Description: 238 p. ; p., 23 cm. Language: English Series: Variation: Studies in German literature, linguistics and culture Standard No: ISBN: 1571131930 Abstract: This study explores the reappearance of Gnostic themes across the landscape of European literature and thought and in major works by Thomas Mann. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism in literature.  Named Person: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Doktor Faustus.  Class Descrpt: Dewey: 833.912 Responsibility: Kirsten J. Grimstad. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010914 Update: 20010925 Accession No: OCLC: 48024713

Gnosis zur Einführung /
Julia Iwersen
2001
German  Book/Text 139 p. ; 17 cm.
Hamburg : Junius, ISBN: 3885063409 (pbk.)
Title: Gnosis zur Einführung / Author(s): Iwersen, Julia, 1965-  Publication: Hamburg : Junius, Year: 2001 Description: 139 p. ; p., 17 cm. Language: German Series: Zur Einführung; Standard No: ISBN: 3885063409 (pbk.) SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism.  Note(s): Introduction. Class Descrpt: LC: B638 Responsibility: Julia Iwersen. Vendor Info: Otto Harrassowitz (HARR) 22.80 DEM Document Type: Book Entry: 20010810 Update: 20011119 Accession No: OCLC: 47768061

Gnosis, theophany, theosis :
studies in Clement of Alexandria's appropriation of his background /
Arkadi Choufrine
2001
English  Book/Text 2, x, 353 leaves ; 29 cm.
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studies in Clement of Alexandria's appropriation of his background / Author(s): Choufrine, Arkadi.  Year: 2001 Description: 2, x, 353 leaves ; p., 29 cm. Language: English SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: God -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. 
Theology -- Methodology -- History.  Named Person: Clement, of Alexandria, Saint, ca. 150-ca. 215.  Named Corp: Princeton Theological Seminary -- Theses -- Ph.D.  Note(s): Includes abstract./ Bibliography: leaves 318-353./ Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001. Class Descrpt: LC: BR65.C66 Responsibility: by Arkadi Choufrine. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010807 Update: 20010807 Accession No: OCLC: 47731388

Philosophien der Offenbarung :
antiker Gnostizismus, Franz von Baader, Schelling /
Peter Koslowski
2001
German  Book/Text xxxiii, 918 p. ; 24 cm.
Paderborn : F. Schöningh, ISBN: 3506747959 (hd.bd.)
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antiker Gnostizismus, Franz von Baader, Schelling / Author(s): Koslowski, Peter, 1952-  Publication: Paderborn : F. Schöningh, Year: 2001 Description: xxxiii, 918 p. ; p., 24 cm. Language: German Standard No: ISBN: 3506747959 (hd.bd.); National Library of Canada: 960939873 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism. 
Philosophy and religion.  Named Person: Baader, Franz von, 1765-1841. 
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. [861]-905) and index. Class Descrpt: LC: B638 Responsibility: Peter Koslowski. Vendor Info: Otto Harrassowitz (HARR) 248.00 DEM Document Type: Book Entry: 20010518 Update: 20010830 Accession No: OCLC: 47694522

Otro mundo :
transformaciones, visiones, encarnaciones, elevaciones, (...) correrías y altos. Cosmologías, (...) humoradas y bufonadas. Metamofosis, zoomorfosis (...) apoteosis y otras gnosis

Grandville., (pseud. de Jean Gérard); José-Benito Alique

2001 2a. ed.
Spanish  Book/Text xlv, 298 p. : il. ; [16] lám. ; 21 cm.
[Palma de Mallorca] : José J. de Olañeta, ISBN: 8476519680
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: Otro mundo :
transformaciones, visiones, encarnaciones, elevaciones, (...) correrías y altos. Cosmologías, (...) humoradas y bufonadas. Metamofosis, zoomorfosis (...) apoteosis y otras gnosis Author(s): Grandville. (pseud. de Jean Gérard), 1803-1847. ; Alique, José-Benito, ; pról. Publication: [Palma de Mallorca] : José J. de Olañeta,
Edition: 2a. ed. Year: 2001 Description: xlv, 298 p. : p., il. ; [16] lám. ;, 21 cm. Language: Spanish Series: Torre de viento ;; 21; Standard No: ISBN: 8476519680 SUBJECT(S) Identifier: Humorismo gráfico.; Caricatura.; Relatos cortos. Note(s): Título original: Un autre monde. Responsibility: por Grandville ; prólog y traducción de José-Benito Alique. Vendor Info: Puvill Libros (PUVL) $16.97 Document Type: Book Entry: 20010605 Update: 20010731 Accession No: OCLC: 47685074

Gnosis, theophany, theosis :
studies in Clement of Alexandria's appropriation of his background /

Arkadi Choufrine

2001
English  Book/Text 2, x, 353 leaves ; 29 cm.
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studies in Clement of Alexandria's appropriation of his background / Author(s): Choufrine, Arkadi.  Year: 2001 Description: 2, x, 353 leaves ; p., 29 cm. Language: English Responsibility: by Arkady Choufrine. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010731 Update: 20010817 Accession No: OCLC: 47680114

Nietzsche and the Gods /

Weaver Santaniello

2001
English  Book/Text xix, 235 p. ; 23 cm.
Albany : State University of New York Press, ISBN: 0791451143 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0791451135 (alk. paper)
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: Nietzsche and the Gods / Author(s): Santaniello, Weaver,; 1958-  Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, Year: 2001 Description: xix, 235 p. ; p., 23 cm. Language: English TOC: Pt. 1. Jewish God and Judaism. Nietzsche's narrative of the "retroactive confiscations" of Judaism / Tim Murphy ; Nietzsche and Buber: external recurrence of the same and the I-thou relation / Edith Wyschogrod and Stephen L. Hood -- Pt. 2. Greek gods. Apollo and Dionysus: Nietzschean expressions of the sacred / Lawrence J. Hatab ; Shining Apollo / John Sallis ; Socrates as the ugliest murderer of God / Weaver Santaniello -- Pt. 3. Buddhism. Nietzsche and Nirvana / Robert G. Morrison ; Nietzsche and Zen master Hakuin on the roles of emotion and passion / Graham Parkes -- Pt. 4. Christian God and Christianity. Nietzsche's changing relation with Christianity: Nietzsche as Christian, atheist, and Antichrist / Thomas H. Brobjer ; Life in the shadow of Christ: Nietzsche on Pistis versus Gnosis / Jerry S. Clegg ; The escape from God / Paul Tillich -- Pt. 5. Islam. Nietzsche, God, and doomsday: the consequences of atheism / Henry Bayman. Standard No: ISBN: 0791451143 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0791451135 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2001-34195 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Religion -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century.  Named Person: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Contributions in philosophy of religion.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index. Class Descrpt: LC: B3318.R4; Dewey: 200/.92 Responsibility: edited by Weaver Santaniello ; foreword by John J. Stuhr. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010507 Update: 20011120 Accession No: OCLC: 46975128


The apocalypse of being :
the esoteric gnosis of Martin Heidegger /

Mario Enrique Sacchi

2001
English  Book/Text p. cm.
South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, ISBN: 1890318043 (alk. paper)
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: The apocalypse of being :
the esoteric gnosis of Martin Heidegger / Author(s): Sacchi, Mario Enrique, 1945-  Publication: South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, Projected Date: 0105 Year: 2001 Description: p. cm. p. Language: English TOC: Martin Heidegger's dispute with metaphysics -- The Heidegerrian arbitration of first philosophy -- The rejection of metaphysics as ontotheology -- An illusory extra-metaphysical thinking about Sein -- The replacement of metaphysics by an ontologistic gnosis -- A metaphysical cataloguing of Heidegger's thought about Sein -- The rejection of metaphysics as a regression to gnosticism. Standard No: ISBN: 1890318043 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2001-1190 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Ontology -- History -- 20th century. 
Metaphysics -- History -- 20th century.  Named Person: Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index. Class Descrpt: LC: B3279.H49; Dewey: 193 Other Titles: Apocalipsis del ser. English Responsibility: by Mario Enrique Sacchi ; translated by Gabriel Martinez ; foreword by Ralph McInerny. Document Type: Book Entry: 20010227 Update: 20010303 Accession No: OCLC: 46364623


Gnostic return in modernity /

Cyril O'Regan

2001
English  Book/Text x, 311 p. ; 23 cm.
Albany : State University of New York Press, ISBN: 0791450228 (pbk. : alk. paper) 079145021X (alk. paper)
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Search the catalog at MSU Libraries Title: Gnostic return in modernity / Author(s): O'Regan, Cyril, 1952-  Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, Year: 2001 Description: x, 311 p. ; p., 23 cm. Language: English Standard No: ISBN: 0791450228 (pbk. : alk. paper); 079145021X (alk. paper); LCCN: 00-49300 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Gnosticism -- History.  Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-294) and index. Class Descrpt: LC: BT1390; Dewey: 299/.932 Responsibility: Cyril O'Regan. Document Type: Book Entry: 20000926 Update: 20011115 Accession No: OCLC: 45100393

Title: Faith and narrative /
Author(s): Yandell, Keith E.,; 1938- 
Publication: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press,
Year: 2001
Description: vii, 271 p. ; p., 24 cm.
Language: English
TOC: "They stooped to conquer" : cultural vitality and the narrative impulse / Lamin Sanneh -- Gnosis, narrative, and the occasion of repentance / David L. Jeffrey -- The scandal of revelation / George Steiner -- Second-person accounts and the problem of evil / Eleonore Stump -- Social transformation as return of story tradition / James Billington -- Anecdote as the essence of historical understanding / Robert E. Frykenberg -- Hagiography and Hindu historical consciousness / John B. Carman -- Narrative and theological aspects of Freudian and Jungian psychology / Paul Vitz -- Words, deeds, and words about deeds / Jon N. Moline -- Narrative theology from an evangelical perspective / Gabriel Fackre -- Living within a text / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- The limits of narrative theology / Paul Griffiths -- Narrative ethics and normative objectivity / Keith E. Yandell.
Standard No: ISBN: 0195131452 (hardcover : alk. paper); LCCN: 00-58478 SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Storytelling -- Religious aspects. 
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) 
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index.
Class Descrpt: LC: BL628.7; Dewey: 121/.68
Responsibility: edited by Keith E. Yandell.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 20000630
Update: 20011030
Accession No: OCLC: 44613135

Title: The secret of the Christian way :
a contemplative ascent through the writings of Jean Borella /
Author(s): Borella, Jean. ; Champoux, G. John,; 1946- 
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press,
Year: 2001
Description: xvii, 215 p. : p., ill. ;, 23 cm.
Language: English Series: SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions;
TOC: The gnosis with a true name -- Trinity and creation -- The inevitable "failure" of Nicholas of Cusa -- The essence of the symbol -- The constitution of man according to the New Testament -- Love and gnosis in the crucified mediator -- The human ternary and the opening of the heart in the Old Testament -- Love of self and love of God -- The Trinitarian functions of the Hypostases -- The essence and forms of the "Body of Christ" -- The "Body of Christ" and the work of salvation -- The metaphysics of the eternal exposition.
Standard No: ISBN: 0791448436 (alk. paper); 0791448444 (pbk. : alk. paper); LCCN: 00-33838
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Spiritual life -- Catholic Church. 
Named Person: Borella, Jean -- Religion. 
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. 205) and indexes.
Class Descrpt: LC: B2430.B58761; Dewey: 230/.2
Other Titles: Selections. English. 2001
Responsibility: edited and translated by G. John Champoux.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 20000428
Update: 20010721
Accession No: OCLC: 44039653

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