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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing contribution...,
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This review is from: GNOSTICISM, JUDAISM, AND EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY (Paperback)
This book is an amazing contribution to the consideration of the origins of gnosticism.
It makes clear that Gnosticism was NO mysticism, it was not Buddhism in Hellenistic guise, it was a religious theology that came out of circumstantial historical events. If you study Gnosticism...this book is a must have for your personal library...
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Pearson's book serves as a fantastic contribution to the ever evolving study of Gnosticism. The religion appeared to arise from Alexandrian Jews who, for whatever reason (perhaps either finding Hellenic thought and life more fulfilling or getting tired of the empty promises of the Scriptures- or both!) found YHWH as a sadistic and blind lesser deity and the Torah as a means of keeping Israel enslaved to it. But this is only the first few chapters. I highly recommend this book.
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Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity (Studies in Antiquity & Christianity (Augsburg)) by Birger A. Pearson (Hardcover - Aug. 1990)
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