Suppressed Prayers by Gerd Luedemann
This book is about Gnostic prayers, hymns and other material from the beginnings of Christianity, The authors were branded heretics and thrown out of the church. However, many documents of Gnostic spirituality have survived and have become more accessible especially since the spectacular discoveries at Nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945. At the centre of Gnostic spirituality stands the question of what it is to be human: 'Who were we? What have we become? Where were we? Into what have we been thrown? Whither are we hastening? What are we freed from> What is birth? What is rebirth?' These key questions can be taken as a programme of the religious feelings of Gnosticism. Here they are illustrated by texts which, perhaps even more than contemporary material from the mainstream church, convey the feeling and the imagination of believers from a long time past. They give a lively impression of how Gnostics felt about the world, and with their shimmering images and poetic symbols attest their unique religious creativity.
Ludemann, Gerd: - Gerd Ludemann is Professor of New Testament at the University of Gottingen in Germany and Director of the Institute of Early Christian Studies. He taught for several years at Vanderbilt Divinity School and has authored several works of New Testament scholarship, including What Really Happened to Jesus: A Historical Approach to the Resurrection.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780334027164 |
| ISBN 10 | 0334027160 |
| Title | Suppressed Prayers |
| Author | Gerd Luedemann |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SCM Press |
| Year published | 2012-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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