Rather than declaring winners and losers, Brakke depicts Gnosticism as a challenge to the early church, which, in turn, both rejected and adapted some of its most profound ideas. While addressing basic human concerns about alienation and meaning, Gnostic myth and ritual offered its own distinct message of salvation. 160 pages, hardcover. Harvard University.

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