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Review title: Gnosticism without knowledge for me
Product review: This book is for professionals!! I was hoping for a better understanding of the influence of gnosticism on modern thought, especially New Age thinking. Instead this is an introductory volume for a large number of highly detailed, thoroughly researched future books. In the intro. the author spends most of his time justifying the authors he will site in future volumes. There is little explanation of the intellectual roots of gnosticism or how it plays out in the current stream of culture. I have tried to stay with the reading but it has not been fun or truly enlightening. Read this if you are going to teach a Ph.D. course.
