Books like The Gnostics
Loved The Gnostics by David Brakke? Here are 5 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About The Gnostics →5 books
- 1The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels
Elaine PagelsA readable account of the Nag Hammadi texts and of how their discovery changed the picture of early Christianity.
- 2Lost Christianities
Lost Christianities
Bart D. EhrmanA history of the early Christian groups that lost out to orthodoxy, including several that the heresiologists attacked.
- 3The Gnostic Scriptures
The Gnostic Scriptures
Bentley LaytonA collection of translated Gnostic texts with introductions, useful for reading the primary sources Brakke discusses.
- 4Gnosis
Gnosis
Kurt RudolphA broad historical survey of Gnostic movements from a scholar who worked closely with the Nag Hammadi material.
- 5Beyond Belief
Beyond Belief
Elaine PagelsA close reading of one Nag Hammadi text, showing how a single document can reshape debates about faith and authority.
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