Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection.
New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1997. Softcover. Large octavo. 258pp. A tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
Gnosticism
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The Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, 24 pp of prelims + 436 pp, very good - condition, red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations, moderate wear and soiling to cover, slight rubbing to corners and edges, light soiling to page edges, minor..... More
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 196pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Comprehensive and up-to-date Survery of Ten Years' Work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community which owned them. The Haskell Lectures 1956--1957." Index. B/w plates. Map endpapers. Top-edge..... More
Seek to See Him. Ascent & Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas; ( Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Volume XXXIII ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo.xiv + 212pp + adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography & indexes. Illustrated in b&w. From the publisher: "This monograph represents a critical juncture in Thomas studies since it dispels the belief that the Gospel..... More
The Thirteenth Apostle. What the Gospel of Judas Really Says.
London / New York: Continuum, 2009. Revised Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxxii + 260pp. Illustrated in b&w, maps, appendices, notes, indexes. Revised edition with a new preface. From the publisher: "The first book to challenge The National Geographic version of the Gospel of Judas. "The Thirteenth Apostle" is sure to inspire..... More
The Riddle of the Scrolls.
Burke, London, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. 432pp. Textured papered boards. Index. B/w plates. Exploration of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Page-edges lightly browned, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, scattered insect-holing along edges & on spine & rear panels)..... More
The Laughing Jesus. Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom.
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 263pp + advert. Endnotes, suggested reading, index. From the publisher: "Discover for yourself why the Gnostic Jesus laughs." By the authors of "The Jesus Mysteries" and "Jesus and the Lost Goddess". Covers lightly rubbed, corners very..... More
The Scriptures of the Dead Sea Sect in English Translation.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 360pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Complete and Reliable Translation which allows the documents to raise their own Voice amid the Controversy about Them." Bumps to top-corners of boards, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust..... More
Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran.
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Minor marks to top-edge, slight rubbing to corners of boards, short pen line to..... More
Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran.
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art; ( Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies XLVI ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 332 pp + 16 pp of plates. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w plates, bibliography. From Brill: "This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a...... More
The Quest: A Quarterly Review. The Quest Reprint Series. No. 1 "The Quest - Old & New: A Retrospect and Prospect"
London: John M. Watkins, 1926. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo 20 page booklet. An offprint paginated ; (ii), 289 - 307pp. [20pp]. Original green stapled wrappers printed in black, frontispiece photographic portrait of G. R .S. Mead with tissue guard. Includes original 4 page prospectus/subscription form loosely inserted. A...... More
Treasure of the Caves: The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York, NY: MacMillan, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo. 214pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index. B/w illustrations. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge dusty, otherwise a solid VG copy in near-Vg dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, lightly worn, a few short edge-tears). More
Seven Spheres.
NP [ South Carolina ]: Nephilim Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 146pp. Green boards embellished with gilt star-solar design on front board. Edition limited to 1000 hand numbered copies. Cloth book marker. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Seven Spheres is a book of traditional Hermetic Magic, that is..... More
Pagan Christs.
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1967. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 172pp. + 4pp. ads. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Page-edges lightly browned, otherwise a clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
The Zadokite Fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 134pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. Hint of rubbing to spine ends, top-edge a little dusty, otherwise a clean VG copy inVG dust jacket (dust jacket spine slightly rubbed & discolored, several short edge..... More
Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948 - 1969 ( Nag Hammadi Studies, Volume I ); ( Nag Hammadi Studies, Volume I ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 202pp. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, author index. From the publisher: "The first edition of this immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was also the first volume to appear in the..... More
Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1970 - 1994 ( Nag Hammadi and Manichæan Studies XXXII ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 478pp + adverts. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is a sequel to the immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was the first volume to appear in..... More
Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1995-2006 ( Nag Hammadi and Manichæan Studies 65 ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 256pp + adverts. Illustrated cloth with lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is the third volume of the immensely useful "Nag Hammadi Bibliography", the first volume of which covered 1948-1969 and was the..... More
The Gospel According to Philip. The Sources and Coherence of an Early Christian Tradition; ( Nag Hammadi and Manichæan Studies XXXVIII ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii+ 284pp + advert. Publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Study of the Gospel according to Philip, an important gnostic Christian text, has been hampered by unresolved questions..... More
La Gnose Originelle Egyptienne - Tome 1; Et son appel dans l'éternel présent, propagée et expliquée de nouveau d'après La Table d'Emeraude et le Corpus hermeticum de Hermès Trismégiste.
Haarlem, The Netherlands: Rozekruis-Pers, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 254pp. Green cloth with silver star design to upper board and silver lettering to spine, glossary. FRENCH TEXT. Volume I only. The first volume of this study of the ancient Egyptian gnosticism, the work of Hermes Trismegistus, etc. Very light..... More
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