TY - BOOK AU - Brakke,David TI - The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity SN - 9780674058897 AV - BT1390 U1 - 273/.1 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Gnosticism KW - Church history-Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Imagining "Gnosticism" and Early Christianities -- 2. Identifying the Gnostics and Their Literature -- 3. The Myth and Rituals of the Gnostic School of Thought -- 4. Unity and Diversity in Second-Century Rome -- 5. Strategies of Self-Differentiation -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources in Translation -- Index N2 - No detailed description available for "The Gnostics" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300901 ER -