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Title: The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds by Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer ISBN: 1-57062-242-6 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Offering a veritable wealth of diverse sources
Comment: Collaboratively compiled and expertly co-edited by Willis Barnstone (Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University) and Marvin Meyer (Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, Chapman University, Orange, California), The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts Of Mystical Wisdom From The Ancient And Medieval Worlds is an 880-page collection of Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar writings concerning gnostic spirituality. Offering a veritable wealth of diverse sources, all of which are in full keeping with the Gnostic movement (and its promotion of salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience), The Gnostic Bible is a comprehensive, profoundly spiritual, and exceptionally accessible literary text, which is specifically translated in a manner that is designed to be clear and accessible to scholars, students, and non-specialist general readers of all backgrounds. No personal or academic Gnostic Studies collection can be considered truly comprehensive without the inclusion of this Shambhala edition of The Gnostic Bible.

Rating: 5
Summary: Gnostic Bible
Comment: Fitting title for this book - Gnostic Bible. It brings together all the Gnostic Scriptures along with introductary commentary for each book. I spend a couple hours reading this book at the local book store and soon will order a copy. If you are interested in Gnostic literature, this book seems to be source for all within one hardcover book.

My favorite Gnostic books were the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Gospel of Phillip, Gospel of Thomas, and Letter to Flora. Even though technology has advanced immeasurably since these Gospels were written, at least 1,800 years ago, one area that these ancients seems to have possessed that is timeless is their Philosophy, thoughts, and ideas which seem to be quite advanced in many ways even compared to us today 1,800 years later.

Rating: 3
Summary: Disorganizaed but essential
Comment: This read bills itself as a collection of Gnostic readings, which is to say the Gnostic Bible. But the title is deceiving as the book is in fact not a Bible at all, it is just a collection of disorganizaed poetry and documents, none of which seem to form a story or a biblical narrative. In some ways the setup mirrors the Qur'anic setup where seemingly unrelated passages are jumbled together but at least the Qur'an as reason(its longest to Shortest in Surah's), this 'Bible' is not a bible but just a collection of unimportant little readings. The Gnostics and Gnosticism was a very important movement in the first centuries after Christ and this 'Bible' does not do them justice. Their should be better sources for an actual Bible used by the Gnosts rather then just a collection of Gnostic and pseudo-Gnostic literature.

Seth J. Frantzman

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