Pistis Sophia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438510323)

Pistis Sophia is an important Gnostic text. The five remaining copies, which scholars date c. 250-300 AD, relate the Gnostic teachings of the transfigured Jesus to the assembled disciples (including his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha), when the risen Christ had accomplished eleven years speaking with his disciples. In it the complex structures and hierarchies of heaven familiar in Gnostic teachings are revealed.

Author: G. R. S. Mead
ISBN-10: 1438510322
ISBN-13: 9781438510323
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2009
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.82d