Tradition 08 of 33
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Gnostic texts, Christian esotericism, mystical apocrypha, and heterodox cosmologies.
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- Books
- 764
- Earliest
- 1366
- to 2026
- Read free
- 13%
- 102 with public full text
- With covers
- 28%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match680
- Metadata match69
- Query match14
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
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Key subjects
- gnosticism254
- Gnosis136
- Gnosticisme116
- Philosophy87
- Christian mysticism69
- History69
- Social Sciences65
- Arts and Humanities64
- RELIGION63
- Gnosticismo59
- Mysticism55
- Archeology53
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies53
- Theology53
- Christianity49
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices46
- Art44
- Religious studies42
- Text41
- Non-fiction literature39
- Gnostycyzm37
- Literature36
- グノーシス主義36
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation32
Top languages
- English385 · 50%
- German108 · 14%
- French48 · 6%
- Spanish34 · 4%
- Japanese30 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Samael Aun Weor17 in this tradition20 books
- 大貫, 隆14 books
- Amelia Febriany12 in this tradition25 books
- Hans Jonas8 books
- Irenaeus8 books
- Bentley Layton7 books
- Kurt Rudolph7 books
- 荒井, 献7 books
- Bernard McGinn6 in this tradition11 books
- Timothy Freke5 in this tradition8 books
- Marvin W Meyer5 in this tradition6 books
- Lugdunensis Irenaeus5 books
764 books
- Read free
Basilidis philosophii gnostici sententias
J. L. Jacobi
1852Latin
Gnostic wars
Stefan Rossbach
1999
Les gnostiques
Jacques Lacarrière
1973French
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Letters from the teacher
Harriette Augusta Curtiss
1913
Narratives of Jesus's passion and resurrection between the second and the seventh centuries
Tobias Nicklas, Konrad Schwarz
2025
Narratives of Jesuss Passion and Resurrection between the Second and the Seventh Centuries
Tobias Nicklas, Konrad Schwarz
2025
Ptolemaeus Gnosticus?
Christoph Johannes Markschies
2023
Revealing women
Lavinia Cerioni
2021
The Gnostic New Age
April D. DeConick, April D. De Conick
2016
The Gnostic philosophy
Tobias Churton
2003
The Secret teachings of Jesus
Marvin W. Meyer
1984Coptic
The Western Esoteric Traditions
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2008
The beginnings of Christianity
Andrew J. Welburn, Andrew Welburn
1991
The gnostic religion
Hans Jonas
1958
The Gnostic World
Gunner Mikkelsen, Jay Johnston, Garry Winston Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen
2018
The alternative trinity
Anthony D. Nuttall
1998
Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity
Birger Albert Pearson, Birger Birger Albert Pearson
1990
Women and knowledge in early Christianity
Ulla Tervahauta, Ivan Miroshnikov, Outi Lehtipuu, Ismo Dunderberg, Antti Marjanen
2017
Esoteric Teaching in the <i>Stromateis</i> of Clement of Alexandria
Andrew C. Itter
2009
Du créateur biblique au démiurge gnostique
Steve Johnston
2021French
Les "Deux livres de Iéou" (MS Bruce 96, 1-3)
Éric Crégheur
2019Coptic
Spurensuche
Volker Leppin
2026German
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Ausgewählte Schriften des heiligen Irenäus, Bischofs von Lyon und Martyrers. Zweiter Band, [Fünf Bücher gegen alle Häresien, oder Entlarvung und Widerlegung der falschen Gnosis ]
Lugdunensis Irenaeus
1873German
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Beiträge zur historisch kritischen Einleitung in die Paulinischen Briefe. 5, Die Gnosis der Pastoralbriefe ist nicht die der Gnostiker des zweiten Jahrhunderts
Heinrich Böttger
1838German