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Khosroyev A.L. "A Different Gospel". II. Christian Gnostics of the Second and Third Centuries: Their Belief and Texts [«Другое благовестие». II. Христианские гностики II—III вв.: их вера и сочинения]. St. Petersburg: Contrast, 2016. 424 p., ill. (Historical Library). ISBN 978-5-4380-0170-6


The book is the result o f the author’s long-time research into the texts from the Nag Hammadi collection as well as into other ancient manuscripts. It is devoted to the in-depth analysis o f that religious phenomenon o f the first centuries A.D. which in contemporary science is commonly called Gnosticism. Here, the author puts forward his own concept o f the phenomenon’s nature as a whole and examines many particular cases o f Gnostic texts provenance as well. The book contains a Coptic text and an annotated translation o f one o f the most intriguing Gnostic texts, the Apocalypse of Peter. It is intended both for the experts and a wide range o f readers who have a real interest in the history o f early Christianity.

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the Apocalypse of Peter
Gnosticism
Nag Hammadi

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