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What are the essential texts i should read to understand Gnosticism and Gnostic ideas and themes?

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>>12673700
The refutation by Hippopotamus and the Nagi Hammadi library.

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>>12673700

gnosis by kurt rudolph

the nag hammadi scriptures

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>>12674649
So gnostics think that God is evil and that the serpent was Jesus?

>> No.12675188

>>12674816
Call him Yahweh, but yeah, YHWH is evil and Christ (don't take usages of words like "serpent" literally) is tasked with saving our dumbasses

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>>12673700
What is the best edition of the Nag Hammadi Library? I've heard that this one is pretty bad

>> No.12675330

I read poimandres and the key, from c.h. and asclepius from the logos teleios. Felt like a cheaper bhagavad gita or platonic dialogue

>> No.12675358

>>12675313
Read it yourself and see if it's bad you dimwit

>> No.12675364

>>12673700
This shit is toxic and life-denying if you take it to its conclusion, but it's also completely fascinating. You might want to start with the Neoplatonists if you haven't already.

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>>12673700
lmao is that a frikkin tide pod

>> No.12675412

Did you intentionally post an image representing a philosophy that stands in complete contradiction to the one you were actually asking about?

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>>12675412
Yeah, he did, but what else do you expect from /lit/, see below for another example

>>12675364
>Gnosticism
>start with the Neoplatanists

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>>12675358
It only uses gender neutral words, replacing things like "Son of Man" with "Child of Humanity"

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>>12675785
And this is a problem

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>>12675313
Try to get the pure James M. Robinson pic related version.

Your pic is a nu-academic corruption of the original shat out by publishing companies for no other purpose than $$$.

Pro tip: when it comes to gnosticism, avoid everything that has "Marvin Meyer" and "Elaine Pagels" attached to it. I can't even describe how monumentally retarded they are.