Hidden wisdom : esoteric traditions and the roots of Christian mysticism / / by Guy G. Stroumsa.

This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in the West as well as in the East. It argues that these traditions eventually formed the basis of nascent Christian mysticism in Late Antiquity. These es...

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Superior document:Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 70
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Year of Publication:2005
Edition:2nd, rev. and enlarged ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; 70.
Physical Description:1 online resource (229 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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