Mandaeans The Last Gnostics

Name: Mandaeans The Last Gnostics
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ISBN: 9780802833501

ISBN-10: 0802833500

ISBN-13: 9780802833501

Edition: N/A

Authors: Edmondo F. Lupieri

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This Volume presents for the first time a complete introduction to Mandaeanism, a fascinating branch of Gnosticism that has survived to the present day. In an engaging style that mirrors the interesting nature of his subject, Edmondo Lupieri portrays the traditional way of life of the Mandaeans, still found living in Iraq and Iran, and introduces readers to the world of Mandaean ideas. Lupieri reconstructs the history of the interaction between Mandaeanism and the Western world, beginning with Ricoldo da Montecroce, a thirteenth-century Italian monk who is the first known European to write about the Mandaeans, and continuing on to recent scholarship. He also offers a critical analysis of…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English