TY - BOOK ID - 3360007 TI - Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen et sixty AU - Bull, Christian H. AU - Thomassen, Einar PY - 2012 VL - 76 SN - 09292470 SN - 9789004212077 9004212078 9786613345653 128334565X 9004215123 9789004215122 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Gnostic literature KW - Gnosticism KW - Manichaeism KW - Mystery KW - Secrecy KW - History and criticism KW - Nag Hammadi codices KW - Gnosticism. KW - Manichaeism . KW - Mystery. KW - Secrecy. KW - 273.1 KW - 273.1*35 KW - Concealment KW - Privacy KW - Hiding places KW - Mysteries (Revelation of God) KW - Revelation KW - Dualism (Religion) KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - History and criticism. KW - Gnosis. Gnosticisme KW - Gnosis: Koptische bronnen: Nag Hammadi; Codex Jung; Evangelium veritatis KW - Christianity KW - Nag Hammadi codices. KW - Nag Hammadi library KW - Chenoboskion manuscripts KW - Nag Hammadi manuscripts KW - Khenoboskion manuscripts KW - Najʻ Ḥammādī texts KW - Nag Hammadi texts KW - Festschrift - Libri Amicorum KW - 273.1*35 Gnosis: Koptische bronnen: Nag Hammadi; Codex Jung; Evangelium veritatis KW - 273.1 Gnosis. Gnosticisme KW - Manichaeism. KW - Cults KW - Gnostic literature - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3360007 AB - Mystery and secrecy were central concepts in the ritual, rhetoric, and sociological stratification of antique Mediterranean religions. That the ultimate nature and workings of the divine were secret, and either could not or should not be revealed except as a mystery for the initiated, was widely accepted among Pagans, Jews, and then Christians, both Gnostic and otherwise. The similarities and differences in the language of mystery and secrecy across religious and cultural borders are thus crucial for understanding this important period of the history of religions. The present anthology aims to present and analyze a wide selection of sources elucidating this theme, reflecting the correspondingly wide scholarly interests of Professor Einar Thomassen in honor of his 60th birthday. ER -