[.ca] Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of ... (ISBN 9004136355)

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Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1 I Myth as Enigma: Cultural Hermeneutics in Late Antiquity 11 II Paradosis: Esoteric Traditions in Early Christianity 27 III Gnostic Secret Myths 46 IV Esotericism in Mani's Thought and Background 63 V The Body of Truth and its Measures: New Testament Canonization in Context 79 VI Moses' Riddles: Esoteric Trends in Patristic Hermeneutics 92 VII Clement, Origen and Jewish Esoteric Traditions 109 VIII Milk and Meat: Augustine and the End of Ancient Esotericism 132 IX From Esotericism to Mysticism in Early Christianity 147 X Mystical Descents 169 Sources 185 Indices 187 General Index 187 Names 188 Literature 189