Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandaen John - Couverture souple

Mead, G. R. S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1564593754 ISBN 13 : 9781564593757

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 1993

Synopsis

Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandaean John-Book is a book written by G. R. S. Mead. The book is a collection of selected texts from the Mandaean John-Book, which is a Gnostic text that describes the teachings of John the Baptist. The Mandaean John-Book is a collection of hymns, prayers, and teachings that were written by the Mandaean people, who are a Gnostic sect that originated in the Middle East. The book provides readers with an insight into the teachings of John the Baptist and the beliefs of the Mandaean people. It also includes an introduction by G. R. S. Mead, which provides readers with a background on the Mandaean people and their beliefs. The book is an important resource for anyone interested in Gnosticism and the teachings of John the Baptist.Together with Studies on John and Christian Origins, the Slavonic Josephus' Account of John and Jesus, and John and the Fourth Gospel Proem. Contents: Foreword; John the Baptizer and Christian Origins; From the John-Book of the Mand�����ans; The Story of the Breach with Judaism; Some Typical Extracts; The Slavonic Josephus' Account of the Baptists and Jesus; The Fourth Gospel Proem. This rare book gives the Gnostic's perspective of John from the inner or psychic story, the prophetical, and the imaginative history of ideas.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

George Robert Stowe Mead (22 September 1863 – 28 September 1933) was an English author, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society as well as the founder of the Quest Society. When in 1887, Madame Blavatsky settled in London, the young Mead joined the company of her close associates. In Blavatsky's circle he learned of the profound mysteries of the Gnostics and of the votaries of Hermes. Soon he became an indefatigable worker in his capacity of translator of Gnostic and Hermetic writings. He became a member of the Theosophical Society in 1884. He abandoned his teaching profession in 1889 to be Blavatsky's private secretary and also became a joint-secretary of the Esoteric Section (E.S.) of the Theosophical Society. In February 1909, he and some seven-hundred members of the Theosophical Society's British Section resigned in protest at Annie Besant's reinstating of Charles Webster Leadbeater to membership in the society. Mead had been a member for twenty-five years. In March 1909 he founded the Quest Society, composed of 150 defectors of the Theosophical Society and 100 other new members. Very intentionally this new society was planned to be an undogmatic approach to the comparative study and investigation of religion, philosophy, and science.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. THE main materials contained in these pages will certainly be new for the vast majority of readers. Moreover the Mandæan narratives, legends and discourses are not only interesting because of their own distinctive matter and manner, but they are also arresting; for they raise a number of problems, some of which are far-reaching and one is fraught with implications of immense importance. The definite solutions of these problems, however, lie in the future, and the most important of them will perhaps never be reached; for, in the absence of straightforward historical information, general agreement on any subject that concerns Christian origins immediately or even indirectly is now well-nigh a psychological impossibility.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564593754
• ISBN 13: 9781564593757
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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