Ebook: From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism
Author: Attilio Mastrocinque
- Tags: Gnosticism Theology Judaism Religious World History Religion Spirituality Sacred Writings Hebrew Bible Old Testament Talmud Torah Zohar
- Series: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 24
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Coronet Books Inc.
- Language: English
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Attilio Mastrocinque examines the intriquing link between magic and Gnosticism. There were two main reasons why Christian thinkers identified Gnosticism with magic: the fact that the roots of Gnosticisim 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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