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Libra Esoterica

From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism

by Attilio Mastrocinque

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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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.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition title
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “Jewish magic” in the title and “Jewish magic” in the edition title.

    • “Jewish magic”· in title
    • “Jewish magic”· in edition title
  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, libris, and openalex matched “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “Gnosticism” in the title, “Gnosticism” in the description, “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Gnosticism”· via Crossref
    • “Gnosticism”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • “Gnosticism”· via OpenAlex
    • “Gnosticism”· in title
    • “Gnosticism”· in description
    • “Gnosticism”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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Crossref publisher-supplied book record

2020Mohr Siebeck; Mohr Siebeck eBooksEnglish
  • 9783161586774
Unknown

Libris bibliographic record

2005—English
  • 9783161485558
  • 3161485556
Catalog record

Subjects

21 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Catalog id
crossref:10.1628/978-3-16-158677-4
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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