Brill Gnosis und Judentum: Alttestamentliche und jüdische Motive in der gnostischen Literatur und das Ursprungsproblem der Gnosis: 75 (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 75)

Product Description The book analyses different theories concerning the origin of Gnosticism and the use of lore from the Old Testament and Judaism in Gnostic literature and searches for an answer to the following question could the use of lore from the Old Testament and Judaism in Gnostic literature validate the theory that Gnosticism is of Jewish origin? Review "Lahe presents a very impressive case for the Jewish origin of Gnosticism. In my opinion, this is the most important book on ancient Gnosticism published in many years." - Birger A. Pearson, University of California, Santa Barbara, in: Religious Studies Review 38/1 (2012) "eine imposante Zusammenschau der Gnosis-Forschung der vergangenen Jahrzehnte und eine gute Ausgangsbasis vertiefter Einzelstudien zur Bedeutung des jüdischen Hintergrunds gnostischer Anschauungen oder möglicher Parallelentwicklungen gnostischer und jüdisch-christlicher Vorstellungen." - Claudia Losekam, Bielefeld, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 140 (2015), 9 "The merit of Lahe's study is that it makes clear to what extent gnostic authors made use of biblical and Jewish materials ..." - Roelof van den Broek, in: Vigiliae Christianae 68 (2014) About the Author Jaan Lahe, Th.D. (University of Tartu, 2009), is Lecturer of History of Religion at Tallinn University and Assistant Professor of the Study of Religions at the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. His topics of research are Gnosticism, Early Christianity and the Cults of the Roman Empire. Jaan Lahe, geb. 1971, Dr. theol. (Universität Tartu (Dorpat) 2009), Dozent für Religionsgeschichte an der Universität Tallinn.