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From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism (Studien Und Texte Zu Antike Und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity)

By Attilio Mastrocinque

Book information

Publisher
Coronet Books Inc.
Year
2005
ISBN
3161485556, 9783161485558
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9595274 bytes)
Pages
244\265
Time added
2022-10-28 19:36:56

Description

Attilio Mastrocinque examines the intriguing link between magic and Gnosticism. There were two main reasons why Christian thinkers identified Gnosticism with magic: the fact that the roots of Gnosticism lay in the Hellenistic Judaism influenced by the Chaldeans and the Magi, and the need felt by orthodox Christians to distinguish themselves from Christian Gnostics by proving that the latter were magicians.

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