The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as Handbooks to Eternity - Exploring the Gnostic Mysteries of the Ineffable

In The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as Handbooks to Eternity Erin Evans offers an in-depth examination of the Coptic Books of Jeu and Pistis Sophia, demonstrating their system of cosmology and ritual practice, and their relationship to other contemporary Gnostic myths and ideas.

About the author

Erin Evans, Ph.D. (2012), University of Edinburgh, is currently an ACLS Public Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. She has published articles on Gnosticism in both historical and modern pop cultural contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Erin Evans
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2015
• EAN: 9789004284463
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28446-3
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 238 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 574 g
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works