John D. Turner

Christian H. Bull

Liv Lied

Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.

Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty

Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices

In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus , Christian H. Bull argues that the actual authors behind the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus were Hellenized Egyptian priests in charge of small groups practicing spiritual exercises, initiatory rituals, and devotional hymns.

Christian H. Bull

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